ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,036, issued on June 30, was assigned to ARKEMA FRANCE (Puteaux, France).

"Composite thermoplastic material for composite tubular structures" was invented by Jerome Rondin (Serquigny, France) and Cyrille Mathieu (Pierre-Benite Cedex, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a composition comprising at least one fluoropolymer and at least one high-density filler. The invention also relates to a thermoplastic composite tubular structure which comprises at least one external layer consisting of said composition. The invention also relates to the process for the manufacture of said composition, and also to its applic...