The European Patent Office grants EP 3907349, reinforcing CFL’s position as the original innovator behind SPC (Stone Plastic Composite) flooring.
Adairsville, GA — CFL Flooring (Creative Flooring Solutions) today announced that the European Patent Office (EPO) has granted patent EP 3907349, a direct continuation of CFL’s earliest European SPC patent first filed in 2016 — marking ten years since CFL pioneered the rigid-core technology now known worldwide as SPC.
“When we filed our first SPC patent in 2016, who knew that we were defining a product category that has since become one of the fastest-growing segments in flooring worldwide?” said Thomas Baert, President & Co-Founder of CFL. “Mostly, we’re humbled by how far this whole category has come, and proud of the team that has carried us here over the past ten years. We prefer to let our products speak for themselves, but a milestone like this is a nice moment to remember where SPC began — and the part CFL played in inventing it.”
The grant solidifies CFL’s portfolio, following the company’s recent announcement of the development, patenting, and launch of a new enhanced bevel technology for SPC, WPC, and other hybrid floors. Licensed by I4F as OptiBevel, it is quickly becoming the industry standard: a new generation of bevel that takes away the disadvantages of previous-generation bevels and brings a major improvement in both look and performance. Using a high-precision laser to shape the decorative edges as each plank is made, OptiBevel makes a giant leap in bringing the category a lot closer to real hardwood — many industry specialists already calling it the biggest revolution in flooring in the last ten years.