ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,553, issued on May 12, was assigned to i4F Licensing NV (Turnhout, Belgium).

"Floor panel and floor" was invented by Antonio Giuseppe Perra (Bergen, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A floor panel includes a core provided with an upper and lower surface, and a first and second core flank at a first and second side of the core, respectively. The floor panel includes a first coupling part and a second coupling part provided at the first side and the second side of the core, respectively. Each of the coupling parts includes an inner side flank, an outer side flank, and an upper portion flank connecting the inner side flank to th...