ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,855, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Arkema France (Puteaux, France).

"Acrylic composites with improved surface properties" was invented by Dana L. Swan (Spring City, Pa.), Robert A. Wanat (Langhorne, Pa.), Robert J. Barsotti (Newtown Square, Pa.), Nathan J. Bachman (West Chester, Pa.) and Pierre Gerard (Denguin, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a composite material obtained by in situ polymerization of a thermoplastic resin with additives with a fibrous material. More particularly the present invention relates to a polymeric composite material obtained by in-situ polymerization of a thermopla...