ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,285, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to TORAY INDUSTRIES Inc. (Tokyo).

"Epoxy resin composition, prepreg and fiber-reinforced composite material" was invented by Akihiko Ito (Iyo-gun, Japan) and Hiroaki Sakata (Iyo-gun, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The purpose of the present invention is to provide: an epoxy resin composition which enables the achievement of a resin cured product that has high flame retardancy and excellent mechanical characteristics; and a prepreg and a fiber-reinforced composite material, each of which uses this epoxy resin composition. One embodiment of the epoxy resin composition according to the present in...