ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,488, issued on April 21, was assigned to OULUN YLIOPISTO (Oulu, Finland).

"Electroceramic composite material and method of manufacturing it" was invented by Mikko Nelo (Oulu, Finland), Tuomo Siponkoski (Oulu, Finland), Jari Juuti (Oulu, Finland) and Heli Jantunen (Oulu, Finland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of manufacturing ceramic composite material comprises forming a combination of flowable metal oxide precursor (102), which is water-insoluble, and electroceramic powder (104) for covering surfaces of the electroceramic particles (500) with the metal oxide precursor (102), the electroceramic powder (104). A major fractio...