ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,598, issued on June 23, was assigned to PITTSBURGH CORNING EUROPE NV (Tessenderlo, Belgium).

"Coated insulation material substrate" was invented by Els Bleus (Turnhout, Belgium), Ellen Kuppens (Mol, Belgium), Kayte Ranieri (Deurne, Belgium), Piet Vitse (Herent-Winksele, Belgium), Remco Visseren (Eijsden, Netherlands), Gere Kattenbeld (Eijsden, Netherlands) and Joris Van Der Eerden (Eijsden, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coated insulation material comprising an insulation material substrate and a coating on at least part of a surface of the insulation material substrate and wherein the coating comprises 20 to 65 wt. % a...