ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,342, issued on May 13, was assigned to Owens Corning Intellectual Capital LLC (Toledo, Ohio).
"Fiberglass insulation product" was invented by Gert Mueller (New Albany, Ohio), Andrew Broderick (Newark, Ohio), Xiujuan Zhang (New Albany, Ohio), Liang Chen (New Albany, Ohio), Kendel Smith (Westerville, Ohio), Larry J. Grant (Westerville, Ohio), Ronald A. Houpt (Newark, Ohio), Teno Boone (Columbus, Ohio) and Toni Elwell Newsome (Pataskala, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fibrous insulation product comprising a plurality of randomly oriented glass fibers and a cross-linked formaldehyde-free binder composition at least partially coati...