US Patent Issued to CORNING on Jan. 20 for "Cement mixtures for plugging honeycomb bodies and methods of making the same" (New York Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,747, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to CORNING Inc. (Corning, N.Y.).

"Cement mixtures for plugging honeycomb bodies and methods of making the same" was invented by Keith Norman Bubb (Beaver Dams, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cement mixture for applying to a ceramic honeycomb body that includes: (i) inorganic ceramic particles; (ii) an inorganic binder; (iii) an organic binder containing a hydrophilic polymer and a hydrophilic additive comprising a polymer with a different composition than the composition of the hydrophilic polymer, the additive having a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of at least 1,000,000 g/mol; and (...