US Patent Issued to Alliance for Energy Innovation on April 21 for "Base-mediated method for the recycling of epoxy resin-carbon fiber composites" (Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,690, issued on April 21, was assigned to Alliance for Energy Innovation LLC (Golden, Colo.).

"Base-mediated method for the recycling of epoxy resin-carbon fiber composites" was invented by Rebecca Claire DiPucchio (Wheat Ridge, Colo.), Katherine Rose Stevenson (Wheat Ridge, Colo.) and Gregg Tyler Beckham (Golden, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, compositions of matter and processes for a base-mediated chemical deconstruction of varying amine-cured epoxy resins into constituent monomer alcohol products and amine materials are disclosed herein."

The patent was filed on Oct. 24, 2023, under Application No. 18/383,458.

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