ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,570, issued on May 26, was assigned to Orion Engineered Carbons IP GmbH & Co. KG (Monheim, Germany).

"Solid carbon black material, preparation thereof and compositions and articles containing the same" was invented by Hauke Westenberg (Bruhl, Germany), Conny Vogler (Ruppichteroth, Germany) and Werner Niedermeier (Bruhl, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a solid carbon black material including an oxidized carbon black having a pH of greater than 7, compositions including such solid carbon black material and a polymer component as well as articles made therefrom. The disclosure also concerns a method...