Patents Assigned to I4F Licensing NV
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Patent number: 12644290Abstract: The invention relates to a decorative panel, in particular a floor panel, ceiling panel or wall panel. The invention also relates to a decorative panel covering, such as a decorative floor covering, decorative ceiling covering or decorative wall covering, including a plurality of panels according to the invention, wherein the panels are preferably interconnected.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2022Date of Patent: June 2, 2026Assignee: i4F Licensing NVInventor: Eddy Alberic Boucké
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Patent number: 12624553Abstract: A floor panel includes a core provided with an upper and lower surface, and a first and second core flank at a first and second side of the core, respectively. The floor panel includes a first coupling part and a second coupling part provided at the first side and the second side of the core, respectively. Each of the coupling parts includes an inner side flank, an outer side flank, and an upper portion flank connecting the inner side flank to the outer side flank. A portion of the first core flank and an upper portion of the outer side flank of the second coupling part are inclined such that when the floor panel is coupled to an adjacently arranged further floor panel these upper portions lie against each other for the purpose of providing a locking in a vertical direction.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2024Date of Patent: May 12, 2026Assignee: i4F Licensing NVInventor: Antonio Giuseppe Perra
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Patent number: 12584320Abstract: The last decades has seen enormous advance in the market for flooring for floor covering. It is known to install floor panels on an underlying floor in various ways. The present invention relates to an improved panel, such as a floor panel, in particular a decorative floor panel. The invention also relates to a covering, in particular a floor covering, including multiple interconnected panels according to the invention.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2021Date of Patent: March 24, 2026Assignee: i4F Licensing NVInventor: Eddy Alberic Boucké
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Tile panel, surface covering of a multitude of such tile panels for a floor, ceiling or wall surface
Patent number: 12577789Abstract: The present invention relates to a decorative tile panel for covering a floor, ceiling, or wall. Furthermore, the invention relates to a surface covering for a floor, ceiling or wall surface which is constructed by a multitude of neighbouring tile panels according to the invention, wherein the plurality of tile panels are preferably interconnected.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2021Date of Patent: March 17, 2026Assignee: i4F Licensing NVInventor: Eddy Alberic Boucké -
Patent number: 12577787Abstract: Panel, in particular a wall, ceiling or floor panel, of a planar design having a top side, a bottom side and side edges, which panel is constructed from a laminate structure of layers that are adhered to each other, wherein the layers include a core layer, a decorative layer which includes a decorative image on its upper side, which decorative layer is provided directly or indirectly on an upper side of the core layer, and a top coat layer that is transparent and includes a layer of transparent matrix material, which top coat layer is provided directly or indirectly on an upper side of the decorative layer.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2022Date of Patent: March 17, 2026Assignee: i4F Licensing NVInventor: Eddy Alberic Boucké
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Patent number: 12577790Abstract: A decorative panel including a core provided with an upper side and a lower side, a decorative top structure affixed, either directly or indirectly, on the upper side of the core, a first panel edge comprising a first coupling profile, and a second panel edge comprising a second coupling profile designed to interlockingly engage with the first coupling profile of an adjacent panel, both in a horizontal direction and in a vertical direction. The core comprises at least one wool layer at least partially formed by man-made vitreous fibres bonded together by at least one cured thermoset polymeric binder material. The decorative top structure comprises at least one ceramic layer and/or glaze layer, wherein the decorative top structure is adhered onto the core with a waterproof adhesive.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2022Date of Patent: March 17, 2026Assignee: i4F Licensing NVInventor: Eddy Alberic Boucké
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Patent number: 12577793Abstract: A panel, in particular a floor, ceiling, or wall panel, of a planar design having a top side, a bottom side and multiple side edges, which panel has a laminated structure of layers that are adhered to each other. The layers extend parallel to the plane of the panel, and include a core layer having a lower side and an upper side, and a top layer which is provided on the upper side of the core layer either directly or indirectly. At least two layers of the panel, in particular the top layer and the core layer, are directly or indirectly adhered to each other by an intermediate adhesive layer.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2021Date of Patent: March 17, 2026Assignee: i4F Licensing NVInventor: Eddy Alberic Boucké
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Patent number: 12546120Abstract: A floor panel, in particular a laminated floor panel. A floor covering consisting of a plurality of mutually coupled floor panels. A method for mutually coupling two floor panels, in particular laminated floor panels.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2022Date of Patent: February 10, 2026Assignee: i4F Licensing NVInventors: Antonio Giuseppe Perra, Sander Gordon Zweed
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Patent number: 12523046Abstract: A panel for composing a floor covering or wall covering. A panel system including at least one panel. A method of composing a covering, in particular a floor covering, by using a panel system.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2024Date of Patent: January 13, 2026Assignee: i4F Licensing NVInventors: Eddy Alberic Boucké, Pieter Renaat Karel Devos
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Patent number: 12460422Abstract: A panel and a method of manufacturing a panel, such as a floor panel, a wall panel or a ceiling panel, in particular a decorative floor panel including at least a first edge having a first coupling part configured to be coupled to a second coupling part of another panel. At least one expandable material located adjacent at least a part of an upper portion of the first edge. A covering, in particular a floor covering, comprising multiple interconnected panels is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2021Date of Patent: November 4, 2025Assignee: i4F Licensing NVInventor: Eddy Alberic Boucké
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Patent number: 12442197Abstract: A floor board including a decorative surface layer applied to a substrate, where the substrate is optionally MDF or HDF material at a side edge thereof, and at least one side edge together with a side edge opposite thereto forming a first pair of opposite side edges of said substrate. The first pair of opposite side edges includes mechanical first and second coupling parts, respectively, allowing the floor board to be coupled at the respective side edges with a similar floor board. Also, a floor board covering consisting of a plurality of the floor boards and a method for manufacturing such floor boards.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2024Date of Patent: October 14, 2025Assignee: i4F Licensing NVInventor: Pieter Renaat Karel Devos
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Patent number: 12435523Abstract: A decorative panel including at least at a first pair of opposite edges, a first coupling part and a second coupling part allowing that several of such panels can be coupled to each other, whereby the first and second coupling parts, in coupled condition of two of such panels, provide a locking in a first direction perpendicular to a plane of the panels, as well as in a second direction perpendicular to respective edges and parallel to the plane of the panels.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2021Date of Patent: October 7, 2025Assignee: i4F Licensing NVInventor: Eddy Alberic Boucké
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Patent number: 12427753Abstract: A glueless dustless composite flooring material system providing PVC-based flooring having waterproof layers providing different qualities of hardness, wear-resistance, sound deadening, and decorative patterns, avoiding the use of moisture-susceptible compressed dust filler, with layers fused together, avoiding the manufacturing complexity and delamination risks of using glue or adhesive, with a quickly-cured, UV-cured top coating providing long-lasting high performance and shortening and simplifying the manufacturing, which can be done in a sheet-form, essentially continuous-run manner, with an ability to quickly and simply change the optional design printing and texturing produced, and having an optional underlayment layer.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2021Date of Patent: September 30, 2025Assignee: i4F Licensing NVInventor: John B. Troendle
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Patent number: 12421738Abstract: The invention relates to a panel, in particular a floor panel, interconnectable with similar panels for forming a covering. The invention also relates to a covering consisting of mutually connected floor panels according to the invention. The invention further relates to a method of assembling multiple floor panels for forming a covering.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2025Date of Patent: September 23, 2025Assignee: i4F Licensing NVInventors: Eddy Alberic Boucké, Johan Christiaan Rietveldt
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Patent number: 12416166Abstract: The invention relates to a panel, in particular a floor panel, interconnectable with similar panels for forming a covering. The invention also relates to a covering consisting of mutually connected floor panels according to the invention. The invention further relates to a method of assembling multiple floor panels for forming a covering.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2025Date of Patent: September 16, 2025Assignee: i4F Licensing NVInventors: Eddy Alberic Boucké, Johan Christiaan Rietveldt
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Patent number: 12410618Abstract: The invention relates to a multi-purpose tile system, in particular a floor tile system, including a plurality of multi-purpose tiles, in particular floor tiles, wall tiles, or ceiling tiles. The invention also relates to a tile covering, in particular floor covering, ceiling covering, or wall covering, consisting of mutually coupled tiles according to the invention. The invention further relates to a tile for use in multi-purpose tile system according to the invention.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2023Date of Patent: September 9, 2025Assignee: i4F Licensing NVInventor: Eddy Alberic Boucké
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Patent number: 12392140Abstract: The last decades has seen enormous advance in the market for flooring for floor covering. It is known to install floor panels on an underlying floor in various ways. The present invention relates to an improved panel, such as a floor panel, in particular a decorative floor panel. The invention also relates to a covering, in particular a floor covering, including multiple interconnected panels according to the invention.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2021Date of Patent: August 19, 2025Assignee: i4F Licensing NVInventor: Eddy Alberic Boucké
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Patent number: 12392143Abstract: A decorative panel includes a core provided with an upper side and a lower side; a decorative top structure affixed on the upper side of the core; a first panel edge including a first coupling profile, and a second panel edge including a second coupling profile being designed to engage interlockingly with the first coupling profile of an adjacent panel, both in horizontal direction and in vertical direction. The core includes an alloy of a polymer matrix and elastic particles dispersed in the matrix. The elastic particles are bond to the polymer matrix. The elastic particles are entirely made of elastic material. The polymer matrix includes thermoplastic material.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2024Date of Patent: August 19, 2025Assignee: i4F Licensing NVInventor: Eddy Alberic Boucké
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Patent number: 12377632Abstract: The invention relates to an insulated panel, in particular a wall panel or roof panel, including a foamed core layer and a cover layer affixed to the foamed core layer. The invention also relates to an insulating covering, in particular a wall covering or floor covering, including a plurality said insulated panels.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2021Date of Patent: August 5, 2025Assignee: i4F Licensing NVInventors: Eddy Alberic Boucké, Sander Gordon Zweed
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Patent number: 12366071Abstract: A panel, in particular a floor panel, including at least one first coupling part and at least one second coupling part connected respectively to opposite edges of the core, which first coupling part includes an upward tongue, at least one upward flank lying at a distance from the upward tongue and an upward groove, which second coupling part includes a downward tongue, at least one downward flank lying at a distance from the downward tongue, and a downward groove, wherein the upward tongue is provided with a first locking element; wherein the downward flank is provided with a second locking element, wherein the downward tongue is provided with a third locking element, and wherein the upward flank is provided with a fourth locking element.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2024Date of Patent: July 22, 2025Assignee: i4F Licensing NVInventor: Eddy Alberic Boucké