ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,318, issued on July 14, was assigned to CertainTeed Gypsum Inc. (Malvern, Pa.).
"Joint support including encapsulated adhesive" was invented by Mithun N. Kamath (Northborough, Mass.), Nicholas David Orf (Natick, Mass.), James Dimitrakopoulos (Conshohocken, Pa.), Michael House (Bend, Ore.), Michael Lemberger (Dudley, Mass.) and Stephen Cline (Bend, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates generally to building surface joint supports, for example, suitable for covering a seam between two building surface panels, such as drywall. The present disclosure relates more particularly to a joint support including an e...