ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,367, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Trespa International B.V. (Weert, Netherlands).

"Method for manufacturing a decorative laminate panel" was invented by Isabel Maria Marques Da Silva Macedo (Weert, Netherlands), Henricus Hubertus Maria Komhoff (Weert, Netherlands), Safae Larhziel (Weert, Netherlands) and Maria Pyrgeli (Weert, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a decorative laminate panel, comprising an outermost decor layer, at least one photovoltaic element for converting the energy of light into electricity by the photovoltaic effect and a core construction, ...