ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,424, issued on June 23, was assigned to REFORCETECH LTD. (Limerick, Ireland).
"Reinforcement bar and method for manufacturing same" was invented by Leonard W. Miller (Lysaker, Norway) and Per Cato Standal (Nesoya, Norway).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Reinforcement bars for concrete structures, comprising continuous, parallel fibers, made of basalt, carbon, glass fiber, or the like, embedded in a cured matrix, each bar being made of at least one fiber bundle comprising a number of parallel, cylindrical cross section fibers and said bars being provided with a surface shape and/or texture which contributes to good bonding with the conc...