US Patent Issued to Masonite on Oct. 6 for "Inkjet printed door and door components, and methods therefor" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,561, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Masonite Corp. (Tampa, Fla.).

"Inkjet printed door and door components, and methods therefor" was invented by Darshit Thakkar (St. Charles, Ill.), Steven B. Swartzmiller (Batavia, Ill.) and Steven Gutkowski (Oswego, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is directed to an article, especially a door and a door component, such as a door facing (or door skin), having a pattern, preferably a woodgrain pattern. This invention also is directed to a method of making the door and the door component such as the door facing (or door skin) by inkjet printing of a pattern on the door facin...