US Patent Issued to Clemson University Research Foundation on May 27 for "Molten core flux formation method and fibers formed therefrom" (South Carolina, New Hampshire Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,813, issued on May 27, was assigned to Clemson University Research Foundation (Clemson, S.C.).

"Molten core flux formation method and fibers formed therefrom" was invented by John Ballato (Clemson, S.C.), Thomasina Zaengle (Clemson, S.C.), Baris Kukuoz (Anderson, S.C.) and Ursula Gibson (Hanover, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are methods for formation of a fiber and fibers that can be formed according to the methods. Formation methods incorporate a "molten core flux method" whereby a solid primary core material is combined with a solid secondary flux material in a multi-phase preform core. In some embodiments, the mul...