ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,558, issued on April 7, was assigned to ADVANCED SILICON CARBIDE MATERIALS (Linue, Hawaii).

"Method of making composite articles from silicon carbide" was invented by William F. Fischer III (Clarks Green, Pa.), Walter Wrigglesworth III (Cotopaxi, Colo.) and Lauren Montgomery (Lihue, Hawaii).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transparent composite article may include a first domed surface having a first integral freeform mirror and an opposed second surface having a second integral freeform primary mirror and supporting the first domed surface. The first domed surface and opposed domed surface may include a chemical vapor deposition (CVD...