US Patent Issued to THE COURT OF EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY on Jan. 20 for "Bamboo construction element" (British Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,226, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to THE COURT OF EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY (Lothian, Great Britain).

"Bamboo construction element" was invented by Zhang Hexin (Edinburgh, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a construction element comprising a first and second bamboo layer and having a core layer interposed therebetween, wherein at least one of the first and second bamboo layers are fabricated with a residual stress. The present invention further relates to a method of manufacturing said construction element."

The patent was filed on Dec. 17, 2021, under Application No. 18/258,123.

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