ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,867, issued on April 21, was assigned to Fritz Egger GmbH & Co. OG (St. Johann in Tirol, Austria).

"Method for producing a structuring agent for texturing an embossable material surface, in particular a resin-containing laminate surface, and structuring agent of this kind" was invented by Frank Kemmerling (Brilon, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for producing a structuring agent for texturing an embossable material surface, in particular a resin-containing laminate surface, including the steps of providing a web-shaped carrier material made of paper and/or plastic, applying a UV-curable lacquer layer made of acrylate...