US Patent Issued to SAINT-GOBAIN ABRASIVES, SAINT-GOBAIN SURFACE SOLUTIONS FRANCE on Dec. 30 for "Abrasive articles and methods of forming same" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,689, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to SAINT-GOBAIN ABRASIVES INC. (Worcester, Mass.) and SAINT-GOBAIN SURFACE SOLUTIONS FRANCE (Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, France).

"Abrasive articles and methods of forming same" was invented by Anthony Martone (Belmont, Mass.), Hua Fan (Southborough, Mass.) and Kelley McNeal (Northborough, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An abrasive article includes a backing; a make coat overlying the backing; and a plurality of abrasive particles overlying the backing and at least partially contained in the make coat; and a make coat thickness ratio (Tg/Ta) of not greater than 1.5, wherein Tg is the average t...