ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,479, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH (New Delhi).

"Process for making a glossy finish sandwich composite" was invented by Asokan Pappu (Bhopal, India), Manoj Kumar Gupta (Bhopal, India), Alka Mishra (Bhopal, India), Edward Peters (Bhopal, India), Ajay Kulshreshth (Bhopal, India), Sanjai Kumar Singh Rathore (Bhopal, India) and Avanish Kumar Srivastava (Bhopal, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a glossy finish sandwich composite, comprising face sheet as skin element and a core element; wherein, the skin element is a composite selected from the group con...