ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,020, issued on July 14, was assigned to Champion Link International Corp. (The Valley, Anguilla).

"Panel and method of producing a panel" was invented by Thomas Luc Martine Baert (Sint-Martens-Latem, Belgium), Tom Van Poyer (Jiaxing, China) and Sven Boon (Jiaxing, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a belt roller system for applying a surface structure in a floor panel or wall panel, said system comprising at least one upper endless belt and at least one lower endless belt, wherein each belt is rotatable around at least two pulleys, and at least one drive unit for rotating the upper endless belt and/or the l...