US Patent Issued to HRL Laboratories on Dec. 2 for "Thermoplastic-encapsulated functionalized metal or metal alloy powders" (California, Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,479, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to HRL Laboratories LLC (Malibu, Calif.).

"Thermoplastic-encapsulated functionalized metal or metal alloy powders" was invented by Jacob M. Hundley (Thousand Oaks, Calif.), John H. Martin (Vienna, Va.), Brennan Yahata (Santa Barbara, Calif.), Julie Miller (Los Angeles), Randall C. Schubert (Santa Monica, Calif.) and Tobias A. Schaedler (Oak Park, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Some variations provide a functionalized composite material comprising: a thermoplastic polymer binder matrix disposed in a distinct volume; a plurality of discrete metal or metal alloy particles dispersed in the thermo...