ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,674, issued on April 14, was assigned to DUPONT SAFETY & CONSTRUCTION INC. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Process for reclaiming and recycling solid surface" was invented by Keith William Pollak (Buffalo, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Processes for reclaiming and recycling solid surface into a desired manufacturer's solid surface manufacturing process and methods used therein; specifically methods for identifying a manufacturing source of a test sample of solid surface comprising an acrylic polymeric matrix and alumina trihydrate (ATH), including generating a reference set of characteristics related to either (1) the percent area covere...