US Patent Issued to UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY on Sept. 8 for "High-performance composite panel and manufacturing method" (Mississippi Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,277, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY (Alexandria, Va.).

"High-performance composite panel and manufacturing method" was invented by Mine G. Ucak-Astarlioglu (Ridgeland, Miss.), Hayden A. Hanna (Lumberton, Miss.), Michael J. Grotke (Vicksburg, Miss.), Zackery B. McClelland (Clinton, Miss.) and Robert D. Moser (Clinton, Miss.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composite product includes basalt fibers and a liquid polymer resin mixed with a curing agent and infused into the basalt fibers. A method of making the composite product includes mixing a liquid polymer resin ...