ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,853, issued on April 14, was assigned to TORAY INDUSTRIES Inc. (Tokyo).

"Epoxy resin composition, prepreg, and fiber reinforced composite material" was invented by Koji Furukawa (Iyo-gun, Japan), Kentaro Sano (Iyo-gun, Japan) and Junko Kawasaki (Iyo-gun, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An object of the present invention is to provide an epoxy resin composition that can be preferably used for prepreg and fiber reinforced composite material applications wherein the epoxy resin composition includes components [A] to [C] and satisfies conditions (1) to (3): [A]: epoxy resin [B]: polyamine curing agent, and [C]: a compound having a ...