ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,938, issued on March 31, was assigned to FM GLOBAL SAFETY Solutions AB (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Shipping container comprising a laminated building element" was invented by Fredrik Allard (Billdal, Sweden) and Micael Nystrom (Linkoping, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a shipping container (13) having a wall (14) comprising an external wall element (21). The wall (14) comprises a laminated building element (1). The laminated building element comprises an outer layer of wood (2), an intermediate metallic layer (3) being an aluminium or aluminium alloy sheet, and an inner layer of ceramic (4). The laminated ...