US Patent Issued to Owens Corning Intellectual Capital on July 21 for "Non-combustible edge for insulated concrete sandwich wall panels" (Texas, Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,016, issued on July 21, was assigned to Owens Corning Intellectual Capital LLC (Toledo, Ohio).

"Non-combustible edge for insulated concrete sandwich wall panels" was invented by Jeffrey Van Sloun (Perrysburg, Ohio) and Tiffany Coppock (Kerens, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An insulation system for use with a sandwich wall panel is disclosed. The insulation system reduces the risk of flame spread through the sandwich wall panels. The insulation system provides a balance between good insulating properties and reduced flammability, without detrimentally increasing the cost of the sandwich wall panel."

The patent was filed on Apr...