ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,303, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to TMTP Labs Inc. (New Orleans).
"Apparatus and method for exfoliating graphite" was invented by Timothy Rustine (Metairie, La.), Matthew Kelly (Baton Rouge, La.) and Seann Robbins (New Orleans).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus and method to exfoliate a graphite grain is described. A mixture of a graphite grain and an ice grain are transferred into a vessel. The vessel includes an agitator. The agitator agitates the mixture to induce a contact between the graphite grain and the ice grain. The contact between the graphite grain and the ice grain exfoliates the graphite grain."
The pate...