ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,146, issued on March 24.
"Composite products" was invented by Richard Hand (St. Helens, Great Britain) and Liam Johnson (St. Helens, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sugar-based binder composition for manufacturing a composite product, notably a wood board, comprises at least one further particulate additive selected from the group consisting of: particulate additive(s) having a BET specific surface area which is less than=50 m2/g; amorphous silica particles; fumed silica particles; and untreated fumed silica particles."
The patent was filed on May 13, 2024, under Application No. 18/661,834.
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