ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,812, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to 3M Innovative Properties Co. (St. Paul, Minn.).
"Ceramifiable composition, ceramifiable article, and method of making the same" was invented by Junkang Jacob Liu (Woodbury, Minn.), Pingfan Wu (Woodbury, Minn.) and Jose Maria Benito (Madrid).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ceramifiable composition comprises a crosslinked silicone matrix retaining stabilizing components. The stabilizing components comprise subcomponents: a) at least one of an aluminosilicate clay, aluminum oxide, or a hydrate thereof; b) at least one of phosphorus pentoxide, a polyphosphate, an inorganic phosphate salt, boron oxi...