ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,356, issued on June 16, was assigned to Clemson University Research Foundation (Clemson, S.C.).

"Integrated additive manufacturing and laser processing systems and methods for ceramic, glass, and silicon carbide applications" was invented by Hai Xiao (Clemson, S.C.), Jianhua Tong (Central, S.C.), Fei Peng (Clemson, S.C.), Kyle S. Brinkman (Clemson, S.C.), Shenglong Mu (Clemson, S.C.), Jincheng Lei (Clemson, S.C.), Yuzhe Hong (Clemson, S.C.), Hua Huang (Clemson, S.C.) and Rajendra Bordia (Seneca, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for fabricating a protonic ceramic energy device includes: coating an electrolyte layer on an a...