US Patent Issued to Owens Corning Intellectual Capital on July 14 for "Processing aids for use in manufacture extruded polystyrene foams using low global warming potential blowing agents" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,942, issued on July 14, was assigned to Owens Corning Intellectual Capital LLC (Toledo, Ohio).

"Processing aids for use in manufacture extruded polystyrene foams using low global warming potential blowing agents" was invented by Xiangmin Han (Stow, Ohio), Raymond Marshall Breindel (Hartville, Ohio), S. Thomas Brammer (Kent, Ohio), Yadollah Delaviz (Lewis Center, Ohio), Chase J. Boudreaux (Canton, Ohio), Barbara Fabian (Medina, Ohio) and Nikoi Annan (Newark, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A foamable polymeric mixture is provided that includes a polymer composition and at least one blowing agent. The blowing agent may comprise any...