US Patent Issued to AOC on July 14 for "Binder composition for fiberglass" (Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,205, issued on July 14, was assigned to AOC LLC (Collierville, Tenn.).

"Binder composition for fiberglass" was invented by Edgardo M Hernandez (Collierville, Tenn.), John McAlvin (Collierville, Tenn.) and Michael Beebe (Collierville, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A series of polyester and vinyl ester based insoluble binder compositions for use with fiberglass are provided. These compositions are comprised of cross-linkable unsaturated resins used in tandem with various azo initiators. The compositions are capable of thermally curing; creating a water and organic-insoluble binder exhibiting good adhesion to glass. These thermal...