ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,397, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to SWS Sports Boards Industries LLC (Dubai, United Arab Emirates).

"Sports boards with reclaimed structures" was invented by Rainier Nouhra (Dubai, United Arab Emirates), George Cant (Dubai, United Arab Emirates) and John Colvin (Dubai, United Arab Emirates).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sports board incorporating reclaimed/reused sports board materials, and a method of making a such a sports board, allows for incorporation of portions of used (recycled) composite sports boards (or waste from the manufacture thereof) into new sports boards. This lessens the accumulation of composite sports boa...