US Patent Issued to SAINT-GOBAIN ABRASIVES, SAINT-GOBAIN SURFACE SOLUTIONS FRANCE on Dec. 16 for "Abrasive articles and methods of forming same" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,686, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to SAINT-GOBAIN ABRASIVES INC. (Worcester, Mass.) and SAINT-GOBAIN SURFACE SOLUTIONS FRANCE (Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, France).

"Abrasive articles and methods of forming same" was invented by Anthony Martone (Belmont, Mass.), Hua Fan (Southborough, Mass.) and Kelley McNeal (Northborough, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An abrasive article including a backing; a plurality of shaped abrasive particles overlying the backing; where the abrasive article further has: 1) a Swarf Mode Gray Value of less than 25 for cumulative material removed of at least 500 g according to the Inconel Grinding Swarf ...