US Patent Issued to SIKA TECHNOLOGY on Nov. 4 for "Expandable material with improved thermal insulation properties and use thereof" (German, Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,061, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to SIKA TECHNOLOGY AG (Baar, Switzerland).

"Expandable material with improved thermal insulation properties and use thereof" was invented by Dusko Paripovic (Zurich, Switzerland), Christian Hardt (Kelsterbach, Germany), Jan Spengler (Breuberg, Germany), Jean Georges Becker (Worms, Germany) and Achim Kohl (Laumersheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermally expandable composition includes at least one polymer P, at least one chemical blowing agent CBA, at least one physical blowing agent PBA composed of expandable microspheres, and at least one filler F. A damping element includes a first...