US Patent Issued to Georgia-Pacific Gypsum on July 21 for "Building panels, assemblies, and associated methods" (Georgia, Alabama Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,018, issued on July 21, was assigned to Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLC.

"Building panels, assemblies, and associated methods" was invented by Stuart Brandon Gilley (Atlanta), Charles Richard Harrison (Auburn, Ala.), Hamed Mustafa Kayello (Peachtree Corners, Ga.) and Xianyong Wang (Duluth, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Building panels, assemblies of building panels, and associated methods are provided. A building panel includes a structural core, such as a set gypsum core, at least one filamentous scrim associated with the core, and a nonwoven mat facer."

The patent was filed on April 28, 2023, under Application No. 18/140,631.

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