US Patent Issued to Xerox on April 1 for "Spherical particles comprising carbon nanomaterial-graft-polymer and methods of production and uses thereof" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,264,214, issued on April 1, was assigned to Xerox Corp. (Norwalk, Conn.).

"Spherical particles comprising carbon nanomaterial-graft-polymer and methods of production and uses thereof" was invented by Valerie M. Farrugia (Oakville, Canada), Shivanthi Easwari Sriskandha (Mississauga, Canada) and Robert Claridge (Kitchener, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Highly spherical particles may comprise a thermoplastic polymer grafted to a carbon nanomaterial (CNM-g-polymer), wherein the particles have an aerated density of about 0.5 g/cm3 (preferably about 0.55 g/cm3) to about 0.8 g/cm3. Said CNM-g-polymer particles may be useful in a variety...