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. 12,508,688, 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.) and Hua Fan (Southborough, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An abrasive article including: a backing layer including a front fill overlying a backing, wherein the backing layer including the front fill comprises (1) a surface roughness of not greater than 100 microns or (2) an average thickness/roughness ratio of greater than 0.80; a make coat overlying the backing layer; ...