ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,094, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to ARKEMA FRANCE (Puteaux, France).

"Polyamide powders and use thereof in powder agglomeration processes by sintering" was invented by Emilie-Marie Soares Latour (Serquigny, France), Ornella Zovi (Serquigny, France), Arnaud Lemaitre (Serquigny, France) and Herve Ster (Serquigny, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A polyamide powder for use in a process of powder agglomeration by sintering, including at least one chain limiting agent. A process for preparing a powder including at least one chain limiting agent, wherein the chain limiter is mixed with the polyamide powder, and if need be at least...