ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,215,207, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN (Clermont-Ferrand, France).

"Method for producing a product reinforced by a reinforcing element" was invented by Gael Pataut (Clermont-Ferrand, France) and David Doisneau (Clermont-Ferrand, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process for the manufacture of a reinforced product comprising a matrix based on a composition and at least one reinforcing element, the reinforcing elements being embedded in the matrix, comprises: mixing of the composition based on: a compound A1 with a melting point T1, and a compound A2 with a melting point T2, at a temp...