ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,209,332, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK (Limerick, Ireland).
"Relating to carbon fibre processing" was invented by Maurice N. Collins (Limerick, Ireland), Mario Culebras Rubio (Limerick, Ireland) and Patrick Terence McGrail (Limerick, Ireland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Carbon fibre precursors for use in the formation of carbon fibre materials. The carbon fibre precursors comprise fibres of polymeric material which have a coating layer thereon, the coating layer comprising a material susceptible to dielectric heating, for example carbon nanotubes. The carbon fibre precursors may be suitable for forming into ...