ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,350, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to EXQUADRUM INC. (Victorville, Calif.).

"Sensitizing rocket propulsion engine" was invented by Kevin E. Mahaffy (Victorville, Calif.), Mark Heiner (Victorville, Calif.) and Elias Wilson (Victorville, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rocket propulsion engine includes a propellant vessel, a sensitizer vessel, a combustion chamber, an exhaust nozzle, and a controllable sensitizer injector. The combustion chamber combusts combustible propellant received from the propellant vessel and the combustion gas produced therefrom is exhausted through the exhaust nozzle. When activated, the controllable...