US Patent Issued to ARXADA on April 29 for "Fire-retardant oriented strand board" (American, New Zealander, Australian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,579, issued on April 29, was assigned to ARXADA LLC (Morristown, N.J.).

"Fire-retardant oriented strand board" was invented by Lehong Jin (Huntersville, N.C.), David Humphrey (Glen Iris, Australia), Ghonche Rassam (New Plymouth, New Zealand), Olivera Zivkovic (Decatur, Ga.), Adegoke Adekunle (Loganville, Ga.), James Hurley (Sandy Springs, Ga.) and Susan Thomason (Oxford, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A two-part flame-retardant, a flame-retardant oriented strand (OSB) and method for forming a flame-retardant OSB is provided. The two-part flame-retardant composition includes an aqueous solution containing a water-soluble flame-reta...