ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,047, issued on July 14, was assigned to XERIANT INC. (Boca Raton, Fla.).

"Multilayered fire-resistant polymer composite and method for making same" was invented by Martin Stloukal (Dubnica and Vahom, Slovak Republic) and Scott Duffy (Boca Raton, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A versatile, multilayered composite construction material containing fiber-reinforced thermoplastic or thermosetting polymers treated with a non-toxic fire retardant and method of making same. Where used in the construction industry, the produced multilayered fire-resistant thermoplastic and fiber composite material can be formed or shaped into various cons...