US Patent Issued to Continuus Materials Intellectual Property on April 22 for "Determining cellulose and plastic ratios using near-infrared spectroscopy along the edge of composite panels" (Iowa, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,981, issued on April 22, was assigned to Continuus Materials Intellectual Property LLC (The Woodlands, Texas).

"Determining cellulose and plastic ratios using near-infrared spectroscopy along the edge of composite panels" was invented by Brady Samuelson (Des Moines, Iowa) and Brian McQuerrey (Sarasota, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method may include measuring, by an NIR device, a first near-infrared (NIR) spectrum at an edge of a composite panel formed using a blend of paper fragments and plastic fragments, measuring, by the NIR device, a second NIR spectrum at the edge of the composite panel, aggregating, by a controller of ...