US Patent Issued on March 3 for "High buoyancy composite materials" (Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,566,048, issued on March 3.

"High buoyancy composite materials" was invented by Ashok Bhatnagar (Richmond, Va.), Tyler Bartelt (Chesterfield, Va.), Henry Gerard Ardiff (Chesterfield, Va.), Gary Kratzer (Midlothian, Va.), David A. Hurst (Richmond, Va.) and Lori L. Wagner (Richmond, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Ballistic resistant composite materials having high positive buoyancy in water are provided. More particularly, provided are foam-free, buoyant composite materials fabricated using dry processing techniques. The materials comprise fibrous plies that are partially coated with a particulate binder that is thermopressed to transf...