ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,741,429, issued on Sept. 22.
"System for joining dissimilar materials" was invented by Jeffrey L. Ellis (Columbus, Ohio), Miranda B. Marcus (Columbus, Ohio), Jeffrey J. Boyce (Columbus, Ohio) and Matthew A Nitsch (Columbus, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for joining dissimilar materials, comprising etching a micropattern into a surface of a first material that is a metal used for creating a part, wherein the micropattern includes various microfeatures; characterizing the physical characteristics of the microfeatures; characterizing a second material that is a polymer used for creating a part, wherein the characterization i...