ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,789, issued on March 17, was assigned to i4F Licensing NV (Turnhout, Belgium).
"Tile panel, surface covering of a multitude of such tile panels for a floor, ceiling or wall surface" was invented by Eddy Alberic Boucke (Menen, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a decorative tile panel for covering a floor, ceiling, or wall. Furthermore, the invention relates to a surface covering for a floor, ceiling or wall surface which is constructed by a multitude of neighbouring tile panels according to the invention, wherein the plurality of tile panels are preferably interconnected."
The patent was filed o...