I4F, a group of companies providing patents and technologies to the flooring industry, announced that its digital printing technology partner, Hymmen, has received two new patent grants from the European Patent Office as well as the Chinese Intellectual Property Office. Both the European patent (EP3666525) and Chinese patent (CN112188936) cover aspects of Hymmen’s DLE plus as well as competing digital embossing technologies that enhance embossed-in-register optics on decorative flooring and wall panels, in any material.
Exclusively available via an i4F license, the new patents represent valuable additions to i4F’s Digital Printing Technologies cluster covering the world’s most advanced digital printing and digital embossing technologies. i4F’s patent portfolio covering all relevant jurisdictions – including the US, China as well as Europe – offers one of the world’s most comprehensive digital printing patent portfolios for flooring available today.