Patents by Inventor Pieter-Jan SABBE

Pieter-Jan SABBE 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).

  • Publication number: 20240034032
    Abstract: A floor panel with a substrate and a decorative layer of wood veneer with a thickness of 1 millimeter or less and provided on the substrate. The decorative layer is provided on the substrate by means of a glue layer which is situated between the substrate and the decorative layer. The glue layer comprises hard particles with an average particle size which is at least one third of the thickness of the wood veneer. Methods for manufacturing such floor panels are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Christophe NAEYAERT, Pieter-Jan SABBE
  • Publication number: 20240018790
    Abstract: A floor panel includes a substrate, a decorative layer and a transparent component. The decorative layer is positioned between the substrate and the transparent component. At least one of the substrates, the decorative layer and the transparent component has a thermoplastic synthetic material. The transparent component has an upper surface opposite the decorative layer. The floor panel further includes an enhancement component provided on the upper surface of the transparent component. A thickness of the enhancement component varies along a cross section of the floor panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Laurent MEERSSEMAN, Luc VANHASTEL, Pieter-Jan SABBE, Benjamin CLEMENT
  • Patent number: 11820108
    Abstract: A floor panel with a substrate and a decorative layer of wood veneer with a thickness of 1 millimeter or less and provided on the substrate. The decorative layer is provided on the substrate by means of a glue layer which is situated between the substrate and the decorative layer. The glue layer comprises hard particles with an average particle size which is at least one third of the thickness of the wood veneer. Methods for manufacturing such floor panels are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: FLOORING INDUSTRIES LIMITED, SARL
    Inventors: Christophe Naeyaert, Pieter-Jan Sabbe
  • Publication number: 20220332096
    Abstract: A floor panel with a substrate and a decorative layer of wood veneer with a thickness of 1 millimeter or less and provided on the substrate. The decorative layer is provided on the substrate by means of a glue layer which is situated between the substrate and the decorative layer. The glue layer comprises hard particles with an average particle size which is at least one third of the thickness of the wood veneer. Methods for manufacturing such floor panels are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Christophe NAEYAERT, Pieter-Jan SABBE
  • Patent number: 11413852
    Abstract: A floor panel with a substrate and a decorative layer of wood veneer with a thickness of 1 millimeter or less and provided on the substrate. The decorative layer is provided on the substrate by means of a glue layer which is situated between the substrate and the decorative layer. The glue layer comprises hard particles with an average particle size which is at least one third of the thickness of the wood veneer. Methods for manufacturing such floor panels are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: FLOORING INDUSTRIES LIMITED, SARL
    Inventors: Christophe Naeyaert, Pieter-Jan Sabbe
  • Publication number: 20220090390
    Abstract: A method for producing a floor or wall panel, includes the provision of a first thermoplastic polymer layer that comprises a polymer matrix and ferromagnetic and/or ferrimagnetic particles; the provision of a second thermoplastic polymer layer, with the second layer in contact with the first layer along a side of the first layer; the bonding to one another of the first, the second and the optionally further polymer layers under elevated temperature and pressure; the provision of a decorative layer on the side of the second layer opposite to the side in contact with the first layer; the provision of a translucent or transparent wear layer in contact with the decorative layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Pieter-Jan SABBE, Laurent MEERSSEMAN, Jochen BOSSUYT
  • Publication number: 20200353722
    Abstract: A floor panel with a substrate and a decorative layer of wood veneer with a thickness of 1 millimeter or less and provided on the substrate. The decorative layer is provided on the substrate by means of a glue layer which is situated between the substrate and the decorative layer. The glue layer comprises hard particles with an average particle size which is at least one third of the thickness of the wood veneer. Methods for manufacturing such floor panels are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Christophe NAEYAERT, Pieter-Jan SABBE