ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,040, issued on July 1, was assigned to ENVIRONMENTALLY SAFE PRODUCTS INC. (New Oxford, Pa.).

"High thermal resistance and permeance insulation material" was invented by Cory L. Groft (Littlestown, Pa.) and Thomas W. Dauber (Spring Grove, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A low-emittance material having improved energy efficiency protection against air infiltration and moisture build-up in buildings is disclosed. The aforementioned low-emittance material utilizes existing framing openings or without increasing the wall profile of a building. The present invention provides a low-emittance material which may be implemented on traditiona...