US Patent Issued to MERSEN SCOTLAND HOLYTOWN on July 21 for "Thermal insulation materials suitable for use at high temperatures, and process for making said materials" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,643, issued on July 21, was assigned to MERSEN SCOTLAND HOLYTOWN Ltd. (Holytown, Great Britain).

"Thermal insulation materials suitable for use at high temperatures, and process for making said materials" was invented by Ian Bartlett (Coatbridge, Great Britain) and Marcin Toda (Motherwell, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process for making a thermal insulation material based on carbon and which includes carbon fibers, suitable for use at temperatures above 1,500deg C. The process includes providing carbon fibers with embedded carbon black particles; cutting or milling said carbon fibers to obtain short carbon filaments...