ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,741,401, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to FAIRMAT (Paris).

"Chip made from recycled composite material and production method thereof" was invented by Benjamin Saada (Paris), Romain Planche (Paris) and Nicolas Taccoen (Paris).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a chip made from composite material containing carbon fibres in a cured adhesive, said chip having a substantially constant thickness defined between two parallel opposite faces of the chip, the surface of each face comprising carbon fibres that are at least partially not included in the cured adhesive."

The patent was filed on Dec. 21, 2022, under A...