US Patent Issued to BIRLA CARBON U.S.A. on Aug. 11 for "Electrically conductive carbon black" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,632, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to BIRLA CARBON U.S.A. INC. (Marietta, Ga.).

"Electrically conductive carbon black" was invented by Charles R. Herd (Woodstock, Ga.) and James Wilfred Kollar (Kennesaw, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A carbon black composition having a small primary particle size for use in elastomeric compositions, wherein the carbon black comprises aggregated particles configured to impart electrical conductivity to the elastomeric composition approaching that of extra-conductive carbon black, the disclosure relating to conductive carbon materials for elastomer applications and addressing the need for improv...