ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,044, issued on July 7, was assigned to KCC Glass Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Multilayer floor decorative material" was invented by Deuk Soo Lee (Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea), Sang Hyun Lee (Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea), Byeong Ro Jung (Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea) and Jang Wook Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a multilayer floor decorative material comprising a foam layer, wherein the foam layer comprises a polyvinyl chloride resin, a plasticizer, a filler, a heat stabilizer and a foam stabilizer, the foam layer is formed by a mechanical foaming method, the heat st...