US Patent Issued to Owens Corning Intellectual Capital on Feb. 17 for "Composite board with edge reinforcement for improved mechanical performance" (Ohio, South Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,131, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Owens Corning Intellectual Capital LLC (Toledo, Ohio).

"Composite board with edge reinforcement for improved mechanical performance" was invented by Darrell James Turner (Anderson, S.C.), Dinh Chi Pham (Granville, Ohio) and Daryl Paul Wernette (Alexandria, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composite board includes an inner core defining a top side, a bottom side, a first lateral side, and a second lateral side, the inner core including a polymeric composition. At least one reinforcing tape layer extends at least partially along the first lateral side and the second lateral side of the inner...