ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,223, issued on July 21, was assigned to Unilin BV (Wielsbeke, Belgium).

"Method for manufacturing a decor sheet for decorative panel" was invented by Beauregard Boutmans (Oudenaarde, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is provided for manufacturing a decorative sheet for decorative panels. The method may involve providing a first printed substrate having a printed color patch having at least one printed color spot. The first printed substrate may be subjected to at least a predetermined operation that causes a color shift of the color spot. A first color coordinate set may be determined for the color spot. A first ICC pro...