Patent ID: 8859666

Claim:
A method of fabricating a polymeric composite reinforced construct, comprising: depositing onto the construct a prepolymer composition comprising dicyclopentadiene that is at least 92% pure, a reactive ethylene monomer and a ruthenium curing catalyst, wherein: the reactive ethylene monomer comprises a weight percentage of the total monomer content such that the prepolymer composition has a desired viscosity at ambient temperature; the prepolymer composition is deposited onto the template at ambient temperature; the prepolymer composition further comprises a reinforcing material embedded therein, wherein the reinforcing material is embedded in the prepolymer composition prior to deposition of the composition onto the construct or the prepolymer composition is deposited onto the construct after the reinforcing material has been deposited thereon; and curing the deposited prepolymer composition at ambient temperature to form the polymeric composite reinforced construct.