ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,767,786, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to NIAGARA BOTTLING LLC (Diamond Bar, Calif.).
"Graphene polyethylene terephthalate composite for improving reheat energy consumption" was invented by Jay Clarke Hanan (Glendora, Calif.) and Sudheer Bandla (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A graphene reinforced polyethylene terephthalate composition is provided for forming graphene-PET containers. The graphene reinforced polyethylene terephthalate composition includes a continuous matrix comprising polyethylene terephthalate and a dispersed reinforcement phase comprising graphene nanoplatelets. The graphene nanoplatelets ran...