ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,192, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Poraflex Ltd (Surrey, Great Britain).

"Composition for a water permeable court surface and method for production of same" was invented by Matthew William Waddington (Surrey, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A water permeable court surface comprises a porous substrate (5) on which there is a porous rubber shock layer (3) on which is at least one layer (1,2) of an acrylic composition, wherein the acrylic composition comprises a two pack water based polyurethane."

The patent was filed on Feb. 15, 2022, under Application No. 18/264,966.

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