ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,381, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to DUPONT SAFETY & CONSTRUCTION INC. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Solid surface composition comprising recycled solid surface particles" was invented by Thi Hoang Ha Nguyen (East Amherst, N.Y.) and Keith William Pollak (Youngstown, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composition, made from recycled solid surface material or articles, that is suitable for making solid surface materials or articles, and a solid surface material or article made therefrom, the composition comprising a matrix resin of unsaturated polyester resin, inorganic filler particles, ground solid surface primary particles, ground soli...