ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,950, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Novalis Holdings Ltd. (Wanchai, China).

"Dimensionally stable floor panel" was invented by Hao Allen Chen (Ashburn, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A floor panel is provided. The floor panel composition includes a wear layer and a base layer. The base layer includes a first base sections having a first composition of polyvinyl chloride, filler, and plasticizer, a second base sections having a second composition with a higher content of polyvinyl and plasticizer than the first composition, and a glass fiber section positioned between the first base section and the second base section."

The p...