US Patent Issued to UNILIN on July 14 for "Method for the manufacture of panels and panels obtained thereby" (Belgian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,134, issued on July 14, was assigned to UNILIN BV (Wielsbeke, Belgium).

"Method for the manufacture of panels and panels obtained thereby" was invented by Martin Segaert (Ypres, Belgium), Jan De Rick (Geraardsbergen, Belgium), Christophe Naeyaert (Jabbeke, Belgium), Benjamin Clement (Waregem, Belgium), Pieter-Jan Sabbe (Merelbeke, Belgium), Ward Van Tieghem (Wevelgem, Belgium) and Milan Thoen (Desselgem, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for manufacturing rectangular panels, wherein the panels have a substrate and a top layer. The panels are provided with a first pair of opposite edges, namely a first edge, and an oppos...