US Patent Issued to Korea Institute of Carbon Convergence Technology, Board of Regents, The University of Texas System on Sept. 23 for "Additive for thermal production and reinforcement of carbon fiber, and carbon fiber prepared there from" (South Korean, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,631, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Korea Institute of Carbon Convergence Technology (Jeonju-si, South Korea) and Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas).

"Additive for thermal production and reinforcement of carbon fiber, and carbon fiber prepared there from" was invented by Min Hye Jung (Jeonju-si, South Korea), Hyun Kyu Shin (Changwon-si, South Korea), Kyu Soon Park (Jeollabuk-do, South Korea), Duck Joo Yang (Flower Mound, Texas), Benjamin Batchelor (Dallas) and Samsuddin Mahmood (Dallas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to an improved method for preparing carbon fiber via...