US Patent Issued to W. L. Gore & Associates on Sept. 23 for "Multilayered supported elastomeric foams and processes for making same" (Delaware Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,522, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to W. L. Gore & Associates Inc. (Newark, Del.).

"Multilayered supported elastomeric foams and processes for making same" was invented by John C. Gardner (Wilmington, Del.) and Steven Speck (Newark, Del.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multilayered supported elastomeric foam is disclosed, the multilayered supported elastomeric foam comprising at least two foamed regions, each said foamed regions comprising a plurality of gas filled cells defined by elastomer; and at least one reinforcement region, said at least one reinforcement region comprising a porous layer having an interconnected network o...