US Patent Issued to Georg-August-Universitat Gottingen Stiftung Offentlichen Rechts, Archroma IP on Oct. 21 for "Modified timber" (French, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,645, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Georg-August-Universitat Gottingen Stiftung Offentlichen Rechts (Gottingen, Germany) and Archroma IP GmbH (Reinach, Switzerland).

"Modified timber" was invented by Holger Militz (Bovenden, Germany), Lukas Emmerich (Bovenden, Germany), Damien Julien Corpet (Oslon, France) and Pauline Gatounes (Bruyeres sur Oise, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a treatment composition for timber or wood including fire-retardant and either a crosslinking agent or a fixing agent or both, whereby the composition is boron- and halogen-free."

The patent was filed on Sept. 17, 2020, unde...