ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,739, issued on May 26, was assigned to II-VI DELAWARE INC. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Reinforced metal matrix composites and methods of making the same" was invented by Giovanni Barbarossa (Saratoga, Calif.), Allyn Mccormick (Wilmington, Del.), Sam Salamone (Wilmington, Del.), Sean Mcanany (Wilmington, Del.) and Michael Aghajanian (Wilmington, Del.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Reinforced metal matrix composites are described including a porous ceramic reinforcement and a metal matrix in interstitial contact with the ceramic reinforcement. Methods of forming reinforced metal matrix composites are described including contacting a porous cer...