ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,074, issued on March 24, was assigned to Binding Solutions Ltd. (Middlesbrough, Great Britain).
"Briquettes" was invented by Colin Metcalfe (Wynyard, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention also provides a briquette comprising: (i) a particulate material; and (ii) a binder, the binder comprising (a) at least partially saponified polyvinyl alcohol and (b) an alkali metal alkyl siliconate or polyalkylsilicic acid; wherein the particulate material is selected from a carbonaceous material, metal, metal ore, mineral waste or a mixture thereof."
The patent was filed on Aug. 14, 2017, under Application No. 16/325,701.
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