ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,188, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Thermal Ceramics Inc. (Augusta, Ga.).

"Fire retardant paper" was invented by Jensen Plummer (Augusta, Ga.) and Gary Gayman (Augusta, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a fire retardant paper comprising reinforcing fibre, a fire retardant material and a binder system, wherein the binder system comprises a first organic binder and a second organic binder, wherein the first organic binder has a lower glass transition temperature than the second organic binder."

The patent was filed on April 13, 2021, under Application No. 17/921,195.

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