US Patent Issued to Owens Corning Intellectual Capital, Paroc Group on May 12 for "Aqueous binder compositions for mineral wool products" (American, Finnish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,194, issued on May 12, was assigned to Owens Corning Intellectual Capital LLC (Toledo, Ohio) and Paroc Group Oy (Helsinki).

"Aqueous binder compositions for mineral wool products" was invented by Xiujuan Zhang (New Albany, Ohio), Liang Chen (New Albany, Ohio) and Charlotte Pettersson (Turku, Finland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of manufacturing an insulation product is provided that includes collecting a plurality of inorganic fibers comprising at least 25 wt. % of bi- and tri-valent metal oxides on a substrate, applying a formaldehyde-free aqueous binder composition that includes a nitrogen-based protective agent to the co...