US Patent Issued to The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy on April 7 for "Enhancement of rubber by heat-assisted migration from ancillary rubber" (District Of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,358, issued on April 7, was assigned to The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Arlington, Va.).

"Enhancement of rubber by heat-assisted migration from ancillary rubber" was invented by Peter H. Mott (Washington), Howard L. Schrader (White Plains, Md.) and Nickolaus K. Weise (Alexandria, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of restoring an elastomer by providing an article containing a first elastomer and having a surface, contacting the surface with a layer conformal to the surface, and applying heat and pressure to the layer. The layer contains a second elastomer and a sol...