ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,779,825, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to VALINGE INNOVATION AB (Viken, Sweden).

"Method of producing a veneered element and such a veneered element" was invented by Christer Lundblad (Orkelljunga, Sweden), Per Nygren (Narbeth, Sweden), Thomas Meijer (Viken, Sweden) and Goran Ziegler (Viken, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of producing a veneered element, including providing a substrate, applying a sub-layer on a surface of the substrate, applying a veneer layer on the sub-layer, and applying pressure to the veneer layer and/or the substrate, such that at least a portion of the sub-layer permeates through the veneer layer....