ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,620, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Owens Corning Intellectual Capital LLC (Toledo, Ohio).

"Thin layer UV curing coating on non-woven facers" was invented by Xin Wang (Fort Mill, S.C.) and Paul Geel (Heveadorp, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A UV-cured coated facer includes a non-woven mat having a first side and a second side and an intermediate coating disposed on the first side of the non-woven mat. The intermediate coating includes a coating binder and a filler. The UV-cured coated facer also includes a UV-curable coating composition disposed on the intermediate coating, wherein the UV-curable coating composition ...