US Patent Issued to Huber Engineered Woods on Sept. 9 for "Structural fire- and water-resistant panels, and manufacturing methods therefor" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,609, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Huber Engineered Woods LLC (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Structural fire- and water-resistant panels, and manufacturing methods therefor" was invented by Jean Pascal Theberge (Jefferson, Ga.), Trevor Ronson Rajopa (Comer, Ga.), Karttikay Moudgil (Johns Creek, Ga.) and Winford Terry Liles (Commerce, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A core/base layer, an intermediate layer, a divider layer between the core and intermediate layers, and a water-resistant layer on the intermediate layer opposite the core layer. The core and intermediate layers are made of a cementitious material to provide structural-stren...