US Patent Issued to Syensqo Specialty Polymers USA on Aug. 25 for "Reinforced PAEK compositions comprising recylced carbon fibers" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,961, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Syensqo Specialty Polymers USA LLC (Alpharetta, Ga.).

"Reinforced PAEK compositions comprising recylced carbon fibers" was invented by Scott A. Harding (Alpharetta, Ga.) and Mohammad Jamal El-Hibri (Atlanta).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for the reuse of PEKK-based carbon fiber reinforced polymer composites is provided. Chips obtained by comminuting the carbon fiber-reinforced PEKK composite material are melt mixed with a virgin poly(aryletherketone) polymer to provide carbon fiber-reinforced poly(aryletherketone) compositions. Molded articles having good mechanical properties can be p...