ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,214, issued on March 24, was assigned to Free Form Fibers LLC (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.).

"Embedded wire chemical vapor deposition (EWCVD)" was invented by Joseph Pegna (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.), Kirk L Williams (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.) and Shay L Harrison (East Schodack, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods of forming a ceramic matrix, as well as fiber preforms and methods of forming fiber preforms to facilitate formation of a ceramic matrix are provided. The method includes obtaining a fiber preform to facilitate forming the ceramic matrix. The fiber preform includes a fiber layer with a plurality of fibers and a heating eleme...