ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,113, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to TORAY INDUSTRIES Inc. (Tokyo).

"Internal mold release agent-containing fiber-reinforced composite molded article" was invented by Chiasa Kitani (Tokyo), Satoshi Matsumoto (Nagoya, Japan), Naoya Ouchiyama (Nagoya, Japan), Shigeru Kawashima (Nagoya, Japan) and Atsuki Tsuchiya (Nagoya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fiber-reinforced composite molded article which is obtained by molding reinforcing fibers and an epoxy resin, while containing a silicone oil as an internal mold release agent, and which is characterized in that the fragment ion intensity ratio A/B as detected in case where the...