ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,150, issued on May 12, was assigned to WESTLAKE ROYAL BUILDING PRODUCTS INC. (Houston).

"Surfactant-free filled polyurethane foam and method of making same" was invented by Hamed Lakrout (San Antonio), Russ Majors (San Marcos, Texas), Brian Shaw (Elmendorf, Texas), Guy Crocco (New Braunfels, Texas), Li Ai (San Antonio), Amitabha Kumar (San Antonio) and Russell Hill (San Antonio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Polyurethane foams and methods of manufacturing are described herein. The foam can include (a) a polyurethane formed by the reaction of (i) one or more isocyanates selected from the group consisting of diisocyanates, polyisocyanat...