US Patent Issued to CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY on July 21 for "Intumescent compositions producing and relying upon low density carbon foams" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,776, issued on July 21, was assigned to CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY (Cleveland).

"Intumescent compositions producing and relying upon low density carbon foams" was invented by Erik Price (Cleveland), Gary Wnek (Cleveland) and James Covello (Cleveland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An intumescent composition based upon modifications to tannic acid (TA), including certain additives, is contemplated. Such compositions may be incorporated in epoxy and other resin-based coatings. The resulting composition produces a novel, lightweight, and extremely effective intumescent char having a density of 1.5 to 4.0 mg/cm3."

The patent was fil...