US Patent Issued to ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE (EPFL) on July 29 for "Composite material" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,756, issued on July 29, was assigned to ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE (EPFL) (Lausanne, Switzerland).

"Composite material" was invented by Amael Cohades (Nyon, Switzerland) and Veronique Michaud (Saint Saphorin sur Morges, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composite material includes a fibrous reinforcement and a polymer matrix. The polymer matrix includes two interpenetrating phases, namely a thermoset phase and a continuous thermoplastic phase. The thermoset phase and the thermoplastic phase form a matrix microstructure. The matrix microstructure includes a thermoplastic matrix formed by the thermoplastic phas...