US Patent Issued to 3M Innovative Properties on May 20 for "Mat material, method of making same, pollution control apparatus and thermal insulation" (Japanese, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,560, issued on May 20, was assigned to 3M Innovative Properties Co. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Mat material, method of making same, pollution control apparatus and thermal insulation" was invented by Kenji Sako (Tokyo), Shailendra B. Rathod (St. Paul, Minn.) and Peter T. Dietz (Eagan, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mat material used in a sandwiched state between two members. The mat material includes a mat-like body portion having a first surface and a second surface, and an area containing an inorganic adhesive, with the area being formed on at least one of the first or second surface of the body portion, and the inorganic adhesive...