{"id":558,"date":"2021-03-29T13:38:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-29T13:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/i4f.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=558"},"modified":"2021-07-01T12:46:22","modified_gmt":"2021-07-01T12:46:22","slug":"i4f-secures-additional-protection-for-its-licensees-on-numerous-windmoller-usfloors-shaw-industries-and-classen-patents-featuring-new-material-products-with-a-locking","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/i4f.com\/zh-hans\/article\/i4f-secures-additional-protection-for-its-licensees-on-numerous-windmoller-usfloors-shaw-industries-and-classen-patents-featuring-new-material-products-with-a-locking\/","title":{"rendered":"i4F secures additional protection for its licensees on numerous Windm\u00f6ller, USFloors, Shaw Industries and Classen patents featuring new material products with a locking"},"content":{"rendered":"        <section class=\"block hero-news article\" id=\"block_60d1e7cdee7a2\">\n              <div class=\"hero-content\">\n                <div class=\"overlay\"><\/div>\n                <div class=\"container\">\n                  <div class=\"row\">\n                    <div class=\"col-xl-6 offset-xl-3\">\n                      <div class=\"hero-body\">\n                        <p class=\"date\">2021\u5e74 3\u6708 29\u65e5<\/p>\n                        <h1 class=\"h4\">i4F secures additional protection for its licensees on numerous Windm\u00f6ller, USFloors, Shaw Industries and Classen patents featuring new material products with a locking<\/h1>\n                      <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n        <\/section>\n\n\n\n        <section class=\"block text half\" id=\"block_60d1e7cdee7a3\">\n          <div class=\"container\">\n  <div class=\"row\">\n    <div class=\"col-md-6 offset-md-3 order-md-1\">\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><em>New protection covers all new materials, including LVT, SPC and EPC products, with locking<\/em><\/li><li><em>More freedom to operate on new material products featuring i4F locking technologies<\/em><\/li><li><em>Offered to i4F licensees<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>HAMONT, BELGIUM \u2013 i4F\u00ae, a group of companies bringing meaningful innovations to the flooring industry, today announced that it has secured additional worldwide protection for its licensees on numerous patents from Windm\u00f6ller, USFloors, Shaw Industries and Classen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From now on, i4F licensees have the possibility to sign up for an expanded scope of protection and to access more technologies when producing and selling new materials products featuring i4F locking technologies.&nbsp; This increased protection comprises floor covering patents using a locking on both the long and\/or short sides \u2013 with or without a bevel \u2013 featuring a thermoplastic- or mineral based core. These floor coverings are also known as luxury vinyl tile (LVT), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), multi-layer flooring (MLF), waterproof polymer core (WPC), solid polymer composite (SPC), expanded polymer core (EPC), magnesium oxide (MgO), polypropylene (PP) or polyurethane (PU).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>i4F\u2019s existing strategic partnership with Classen, in place since 2017, is unchanged.&nbsp; This partnership continues to give i4F exclusive sub-licensing rights for one of Classen\u2019s other IP portfolios, comprising over five hundred patents, covering key flooring materials as well as important inventions including digital printing and liquid laminate technology (LLT).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>i4F believes this new protection offers its licensees increased freedom to operate enabling an increased focus on market opportunities.&nbsp; This reinforces the company\u2019s vision to facilitate accessibility to new innovations all the way to end users, and further demonstrates its ability to secure strong partnerships for the benefit of its licensees.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"block file-list\">\n    <p><a href=\"https:\/\/i4f.com\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/29032021-i4F-News-Release.pdf\" class=\"more\" target=\"blank\">ENGLISH VERSION<\/a><\/p>\n    <p><a href=\"https:\/\/i4f.com\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/29032021-i4F-News-Release-DS.pdf\" class=\"more\" target=\"blank\">CHINESE VERSION<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/section>\n\n\n\n        <section class=\"block news feed latest\" id=\"block_60d1e7cdee7a4\">\n          <div class=\"container\">\n            <h6 class=\"title text-center\">\u6700\u65b0\u52a8\u6001<\/h6>\n            <div class=\"row pb-5\">\n              <div class=\"col-md-4\">\n                <p class=\"date\">2026\u5e74 3\u6708 31\u65e5<\/p>\n                <p>i4F and Unilin Technologies\u00a0enter into non\u2011assert agreement on water\u2011repellent coating patents for laminate and wood flooring<\/p>\n                <p><a href=\"https:\/\/i4f.com\/zh-hans\/article\/i4f-and-unilin-technologies-enter-into-non%e2%80%91assert-agreement-on-water%e2%80%91repellent-coating-patents-for-laminate-and-wood-flooring\/\" class=\"more\">\u9605\u8bfb\u6587\u7ae0<\/a><\/p>\n              <\/div>\n              <div class=\"col-md-4\">\n                <p class=\"date\">2026\u5e74 3\u6708 25\u65e5<\/p>\n                <p>Parkett Magazin &#8211; i4F: John Rietveldt in an interview of the month<\/p>\n                <p><a href=\"https:\/\/i4f.com\/zh-hans\/article\/parkett-magazin-i4f-john-rietveldt-in-an-interview-of-the-month\/\" class=\"more\">\u9605\u8bfb\u6587\u7ae0<\/a><\/p>\n              <\/div>\n              <div class=\"col-md-4\">\n                <p class=\"date\">2026\u5e74 1\u6708 27\u65e5<\/p>\n                <p>Lioncore selects i4F as exclusive licensor for its new patented L-SPC lightweight rigid core product build-up and composition<\/p>\n                <p><a href=\"https:\/\/i4f.com\/zh-hans\/article\/lioncore-selects-i4f-as-exclusive-licensor-for-its-new-patented-l-spc-lightweight-rigid-core-product-build-up-and-composition\/\" class=\"more\">\u9605\u8bfb\u6587\u7ae0<\/a><\/p>\n              <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/section>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":14,"template":"","categories":[13],"class_list":["post-558","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry","category-partnerships"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.8.1 - 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