US Patent Issued to Knauf Insulation, Knauf Insulation on June 24 for "Uncured articles with improved shelf-life" (Indiana, Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,163, issued on June 24, was assigned to Knauf Insulation Inc. (Shelbyville, Ind.) and Knauf Insulation SPRL (Vise, Belgium).

"Uncured articles with improved shelf-life" was invented by Charles Fitch Appley (Cumberland, Ind.) and Gert Mueller (New Albany, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are formaldehyde-free, thermally-curable, alkaline, aqueous binder compositions. Also disclosed are compositions comprising formaldehyde-free, thermally-curable binder compositions, as described herein, applied to non-woven fibers. Uses of the disclosed binder compositions as binders for non-woven fibers are also disclosed."

The patent w...