US Patent Issued to The Regents of the University of California, SUPERMETALIX. on May 26 for "Binder compositions of tungsten tetraboride and abrasive methods thereof" (California, South Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,756, issued on May 26, was assigned to The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, Calif.) and SUPERMETALIX. INC. (Los Angeles).

"Binder compositions of tungsten tetraboride and abrasive methods thereof" was invented by Jack Kavanaugh (Los Angeles), Richard B. Kaner (Pacific Palisades, Calif.), Chris Turner (Lancaster, Calif.) and Georgiy Akopov (Greenwood, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein, in certain embodiments, are composite materials, methods, tools and abrasive materials comprising a tungsten-based metal composition and an alloy. In some cases, the composite materials or material are resistant to oxi...