ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,570, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to T2EARTH HOLDINGS LLC (Jericho, N.Y.).
"Green process for modifying wood" was invented by Alex Berg (Coronel, Chile), Roland Fritsch (Evans, Ga.), Joel Kier (New York) and Kurt Malzer (Grovetown, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention relates to a process for modifying wood. The process comprises treating the wood with an impregnating solution comprising an alkali metal (or alkaline earth metal) silicate, under conditions sufficient to impregnate the wood with one or more of the components of the impregnating solution. The process can comprise an optional second impregnation with a seco...