Patents by Inventor Lara Raad

Lara Raad has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • SURFACE COVERING PRODUCTION METHOD USING DIGITAL PRINTING
    Publication number: 20210178805
    Abstract: A method of producing a decorative surface covering comprises generating one or more synthetic images. The generation of these images includes arranging local prototype motifs characteristic of a material to be mimicked in a random manner and generating or preserving continuity between the local prototype motifs in such a way as to yield globally an appearance of the material to be mimicked, digitally printing one or more synthetic images on a printing substrate, and assembling the printing substrate with one or more backing layers and/or one or more transparent top layers so as to form the decorative surface covering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: Tarkett GDL
    Inventors: Christophe Maertens, Richard Peres, Lara Raad
  • Surface covering production method using digital printing
    Patent number: 10906348
    Abstract: A method of producing a decorative surface covering comprises generating one or more synthetic images. The generation of these images includes arranging local prototype motifs characteristic of a material to be mimicked in a random manner and generating or preserving continuity between the local prototype motifs in such a way as to yield globally an appearance of the material to be mimicked, digitally printing one or more synthetic images on a printing substrate, and assembling the printing substrate with one or more backing layers and/or one or more transparent top layers so as to form the decorative surface covering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Tarkett GDL
    Inventors: Christophe Maertens, Richard Peres, Lara Raad
  • Surface Covering Production Method Using Digital Printing
    Publication number: 20190023060
    Abstract: A method of producing a decorative surface covering comprises generating one or more synthetic images. The generation of these images includes arranging local prototype motifs characteristic of a material to be mimicked in a random manner and generating or preserving continuity between the local prototype motifs in such a way as to yield globally an appearance of the material to be mimicked, digitally printing one or more synthetic images on a printing substrate, and assembling the printing substrate with one or more backing layers and/or one or more transparent top layers so as to form the decorative surface covering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Christophe Maertens, Richard Peres, Lara Raad