US Patent Issued to UNILIN on Aug. 25 for "Methods for manufacturing laminate, impregnated decorative paper and laminate obtained thereby" (Belgian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,206, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to UNILIN BV (Wielsbeke, Belgium).

"Methods for manufacturing laminate, impregnated decorative paper and laminate obtained thereby" was invented by Bernard Thiers (Beveren-Leie, Belgium), Veronique Hoflack (Crupet, Belgium), Caroline Van De Populiere (Moen, Belgium), Benjamin Clement (Waregem, Belgium), Benny Schacht (Vlamertinge, Belgium) and Christof Vandevoorde (Zulte, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A decorative paper of a roll of decorative paper is laminated on paper in a continuous pressing operation under pressure and at elevated temperature by means of an aminoplast resin. The roll...