US Patent Issued to Gold Bond Building Products on Sept. 15 for "Gypsum board including a coated facing material" (North Carolina, South Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,358, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Gold Bond Building Products LLC (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Gypsum board including a coated facing material" was invented by Michael N. Blades (Indian Land, S.C.), Dalton Steed (Charlotte, N.C.), Bradley J. Busche (Shelby, N.C.) and Joseph J. Bailey (Charlotte, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In general, the present invention is directed to a gypsum board comprising a gypsum core and a glass mat facing material including a coating. The coating comprises a resin including an acrylic resin, a siloxane rubber, or a mixture thereof and hydrophobic additive comprising an organosilane. The gypsum board...