ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,585, issued on March 31, was assigned to Accudyne Systems Inc. (Newark, Del.).

"Prepreg composite material ply and backing separation systems and methods" was invented by Matthew Roesle (Newark, Del.), Ira Lockwood (Newark, Del.), Nanette Gopez (Newark, Del.) and John Feyrer (Upper Chichester, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for separating a prepreg composite material ply from a backing includes a first support configured to contact a first surface of the backing apart from a corner defined by the ply and the backing. A second support is configured to contact a second surface of the ply apart from the corner. A corner di...