US Patent Issued to Vibrantz Technologies on July 1 for "Lightweight reinforced composite formulation and method of making the same" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,729, issued on July 1, was assigned to Vibrantz Technologies Inc. (Houston).

"Lightweight reinforced composite formulation and method of making the same" was invented by Santosh K. Yadav (Geneva, Ohio), Paul A. Rettinger (Ashtabula, Ohio) and Cheryl L. Ludwig (Ashtabula, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composite formulation for use in lightweight molded components includes an untreated low density filler, such as glass bubbles, a solvated polymer mixture, and polymer paste. In one embodiment the solvated polymer mixture is used to treat the low density filler to form a treated low density filler. The solvated polymer mixture man...