ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,630,721, issued on May 19, was assigned to Decoria Materials (Jiangsu) Co. Ltd. (Zhenjiang, China).

"Surface covering with an ultra-violet (UV) curable surface coating" was invented by Hao Allen Chen (Ashburn, Va.), Kun He (Zhenjiang, China) and Shangfei Sun (Chiping County, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surface covering is provided and generally includes a laminated panel, an ultra-violet (UV) and a second coating. The curable surface coating is applied to the laminated panel and includes a first coating. The second coating includes a composition distinctive of the first coating and is cured at a lower energy than the second coa...