ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,471, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Precision Wall Systems Inc. (Dallas).

"Panel installation method and associated panel locking clip" was invented by Stephen N. Loyd (Garland, Texas) and William Ty May (Plano, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In certain embodiments, a panel installation method includes attaching first and second support anchors to a substrate, with the second support anchor spaced apart from the first support anchor. Each support anchor is elongated and includes a base for attaching to the substrate and respective projections extending outwardly from the bases. A tab extends upwardly from the first support an...