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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 1999
Filed:
May. 16, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas Jerome Nosker, Stockton, NJ (US);
Richard William Renfree, Scotch Plains, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Rutgers, The State University, New Brunswick, NJ (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08K / ; E01B / ; B32B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
523204 ; 524494 ; 238 84 ; 238 91 ; 428241 ; 428384 ;
Abstract
A composite building material is disclosed produced from recycled materials. The composite building material is composed of an extruded mixture of high density polyethylene and a thermoplastic coated fiber material such as fiberglass. The resulting material has increased strength and is useful in high stress applications such as railroad ties.