ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,874, issued on April 7.

"Semi-noncombustible building thermal insulation material and manufacturing method thereof" was invented by Yun-Ho Cho (Seoul, South Korea), Young Soo Kwon (Miryang-si, South Korea), Min Gyu Kim (Gimhae-si, South Korea) and Seung Woo Lee (Miryang-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a semi-noncombustible building thermal insulation material including: a core layer; and a noncombustible coating layer formed with a thickness of 0.1 to 3 mm on one or both sides of the core layer, wherein the noncombustible coating layer includes aluminum oxide, silicon oxide, sodium silicate, and calcium car...