ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,068, issued on July 14, was assigned to i4F Licensing NV (Turnhout, Belgium).

"Decorative panel and method for manufacturing of such a decorative panel" was invented by Eddy Alberic Boucke (Turnhout, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A decorative panel, in particular a floor panel, ceiling panel or wall panel, including a core provided with an upper side and a lower side, a decorative top structure affixed, either directly or indirectly, on said upper side of the core, a first panel edge including a first coupling profile, and a second panel edge including a second coupling profile being designed to engage interlockingly with sa...