ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,742,299, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to FREUDENBERG PERFORMANCE MATERIALS B.V. (Arnhem, Netherlands).

"Erosion control system, and a process for manufacturing the erosion control system" was invented by Rijk Gerritsen (Loenen, Netherlands), Kennard Van Malenstein (Putten, Netherlands), Erik-Jan Kollen (Oosterbeek, Netherlands) and Lucas Brouwers (Arnhem, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An erosion control system is disclosed for preventing erosion of embankments including a three-dimensional material, the three-dimensional material including void volumes, and a mixture including a particulate material and a binder materia...