ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,983, issued on March 3, was assigned to SYSTEM CERAMICS S.P.A. (Fiorano Modenese, Italy).
"Method for realising ceramic slabs or tiles" was invented by Ivan Ghirelli (Castellarano, Italy), Franco Gozzi (Formigine, Italy) and Paolo Vaccari (Modena, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for realising ceramic slabs or tiles, comprising the following steps: laying a soft layer (SL) of granular or powder ceramic material on a support plane (P); pressing the soft layer (SL) in order to obtain a compacted layer (CL); firing the compacted layer (CL); prior to the pressing, applying an identification mark (M) onto the soft layer (SL),...