ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,171, issued on April 15, was assigned to Continuus Materials Intellectual Property LLC (The Woodlands, Texas).

"Rapidly heating and cooling composite mats comprised of cellulose and thermoplastic polymer" was invented by Jack G. Winterowd (The Woodlands, Texas), Matthew Spencer (The Woodlands, Texas) and Marko Suput (The Woodlands, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In accordance with some aspects of the present disclosure, a method producing a composite board comprising plastic and cellulose is described. The method includes transmitting a first signal to a pair of opposing hot-platens, receipt of the first signal causing the pair ...