US Patent Issued to Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin on Feb. 3 for "Elastomeric composition reinforced with ground-biochar" (South Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,232, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin (Clermont-Ferrand, France).

"Elastomeric composition reinforced with ground-biochar" was invented by Constantine Khripin (Greenville, S.C.) and Jeremy Mehlem (Greenville, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure provides methods for grinding biochar composition for use as a filler in elastomeric compositions. Such methods include providing a biochar composition comprising particulate, and grinding the biochar composition with a grinding fluid until the biochar is characterized as having an average particulate size less than substantially 1...