ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,654, issued on May 26, was assigned to COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES (Paris).

"Method for grinding powders, method for coating a material, metal particles, coated material and uses of these" was invented by Meryl Brothier (Aix en Prvovence, France) and Stephane Vaudez (Avignon, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for the cryogenic grinding of at least one powder comprising the following steps: (a) introducing a cryogenic fluid into an attrition mill comprising attrition means, (b) introducing the powder or powders into the attrition mill, and (c) setting the attrition mill in rotational moti...