ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,897, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to SURFACE TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & Co. KG (Baruth, Germany).
"Set consisting of two panels for cladding a surface and of a panel connection element, panel connection element, and use of a panel connection element" was invented by Hans-Jurgen Hannig (Bergisch Gladbach, Germany) and Andreas Sieder (Ludwigsfelde, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a set consisting of two panels for cladding a surface and of a panel connection element for connecting the two panels, wherein: two mutually opposing panel side faces have mutually complementary coupling elements in the form of a...