US Patent Issued to Iowa State University Research Foundation, Lawrence Livermore National Security, UT-Battelle, Eck Industries on July 21 for "Al-Ce alloy based composites" (American, Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,904, issued on July 21, was assigned to Iowa State University Research Foundation Inc. (Ames, Iowa), Lawrence Livermore National Security LLC (Livermore, Calif.), UT-Battelle LLC (Oak Ridge, Tenn.) and Eck Industries Inc. (Manitowoc, Wis.).

"Al-Ce alloy based composites" was invented by Ryan T. Ott (Ames, Iowa), Fanqiang Meng (Zhuhai, China), Scott K. McCall (Livermore, Calif.), Hunter B. Henderson (Livermore, Calif.), Orlando Rios (Knoxville, Tenn.), Zachary C. Sims (Knoxville, Tenn.) and David Weiss (Manitowoc, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "MMC's comprising an Al-RB alloy-based matrix and ceramic, metal and/or intermetallic r...