ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,279, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Midland, Mich.) and DOW SILICONES Corp. (Midland, Mich.).

"Preparation of foamed silicone elastomers" was invented by Andrew B. Shah (Collegeville, Pa.), Douglas A. Brune (Midland, Mich.), Jody J. Henning (Midland, Mich.), Nicholas A. Paulik (Midland, Mich.), Mark F. Sonnenschein (Midland, Mich.), Jarred Q. Cramton (Denver), Mark Fisher (Midland, Mich.), Greg Becker (Auburn, Mich.), Chris Windiate (Midland, Mich.), David Shawl (Midland, Mich.), David R. Schlader (Midland, Mich.) and Eric J. Hukkanen (Andover, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure rela...