US Patent Issued to Niagara Bottling on June 24 for "Poly(ethylene terephthalate)-graphene nanocomposites from improved dispersion" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,320, issued on June 24, was assigned to Niagara Bottling LLC (Diamond Bar, Calif.).

"Poly(ethylene terephthalate)-graphene nanocomposites from improved dispersion" was invented by Jay Clarke Hanan (Glendora, Calif.) and Vahid Shabafrooz (Diamond Bar, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composition and a method are provided for graphene reinforced polyethylene terephthalate (PET). Graphene nanoplatelets comprising a suitable surface area are added to a dispersion medium for producing graphene reinforced PET. The average surface area may range between substantially 15 m2/g and 750 m2/g. In some embodiments, the dispersion medium ma...