ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,621, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Gold Bond Building Products LLC (Charlotte, N.C.).
"Method of making a gypsum panel using a thermal oxidizer" was invented by Brian Bland (Matthews, N.C.), James Phipps (Mooresville, N.C.) and Eli Stav (Charlotte, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is directed to a method of making such gypsum panel. For instance, the method comprises: providing a first facing material; providing a gypsum slurry including calcium sulfate hemihydrate, water, and a silicon containing compound onto the first facing material; providing a second facing material onto the gypsum slurry to form a...