US Patent Issued to Qemetica on June 2 for "Silica-graphenic carbon composite particles and elastomeric materials including such particles" (Pennsylvania, New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,644,003, issued on June 2, was assigned to Qemetica S.A. (Warsaw, Poland).

"Silica-graphenic carbon composite particles and elastomeric materials including such particles" was invented by Lucas Dos Santos Freire (Pittsburgh), Qi Ding (Allison Park, Pa.), Cynthia Kutchko (Pittsburgh), Shuyang Pan (Princeton, N.J.) and Nathan J. Silvernail (Mars, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Composite particles may be produced by drying slurries containing silica particles and graphenic carbon particles in a liquid carrier. Elastomeric formulations comprising a base elastomer composition and the silica-graphenic carbon composite particles are also dis...