US Patent Issued to CABLE COATINGS on May 12 for "Composition for coating an overhead conductor comprising a reflective agent and a photocatalytic agent" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,221, issued on May 12, was assigned to CABLE COATINGS Ltd. (Leeds, Great Britain).

"Composition for coating an overhead conductor comprising a reflective agent and a photocatalytic agent" was invented by Niall Coogan (Armely, Great Britain) and Barry Johnston (Chester, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composition for coating an overhead conductor is disclosed comprising: (i) a reflective agent; (ii) a photocatalytic agent comprising less than=70 wt % anatase titanium dioxide (TiO2) having an average particle size ("aps") less than equal to100 nm; (iii) a non-aqueous solvent; and (iv) one or more alkyl silicate binders."...