ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,593, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JULICH GMBH (Julich, Germany).

"Device and method for sintering" was invented by Tarini Prasad Mishra (Julich, Germany), Martin Bram (Julich, Germany), Olivier Guillon (Julich, Germany) and Ralf Steinert (Titz, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a device and a method for sintering. The device for sintering comprises an electrically conductive first component, an electrically conductive second component and at least one electrically conductive surface element for heating a green body to be sintered. The first component and the second component are ...