ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,517, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Monolith Materials Inc. (Lincoln, Neb.).
"Method of making carbon black" was invented by Ned J. Hardman (Lincoln, Neb.) and Roscoe W. Taylor (Kingwood, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of making tailored carbon black in a plasma process. A method of making tailored carbon black in a plasma process is described, including subjecting the carbon black particles during and/or after formation to surface functionalizing agents in a controlled manner so as to impart a degree and/or density of functionalization onto the carbon black particles so as to adapt the particles to a particular pr...