ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,537,117, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to NEXANS (Courbevoie, France).

"Process for the manufacture of a fire-resistant and/or fire-retardant cable" was invented by Thierry Auvray (Lyons, France) and Franck Gyppaz (Lyons, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a process for the manufacture of a cable employing the impregnation of a non-woven fibrous material with a liquid geopolymer composition and the addition of at least one precursor composition of a gel to the liquid geopolymer composition."

The patent was filed on June 17, 2021, under Application No. 18/011,102.

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