US Patent Issued to Tangent Technologies on June 16 for "Wood-grained polymer substrate" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,384, issued on June 16, was assigned to Tangent Technologies LLC (Aurora, Ill.).

"Wood-grained polymer substrate" was invented by Andrew Stephens (Aurora, Ill.), Francisco Morales (Plano, Ill.) and Tadeusz Rybka (Streamwood, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wood-grained polymer substrate includes a plurality of layers of different colors. The substrate is formed into elongated boards and used in the production of various end products similar to natural wood. Methods for producing the wood-grained polymer substrate are also provided."

The patent was filed on April 9, 2024, under Application No. 18/630,723.

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