ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,313, issued on April 14, was assigned to POWDER FUELS LTD (Tel-Aviv-Yafo, Israel).

"Systems and methods for rocket propulsion including rocket motor using powder monopropellant" was invented by Abraham Weinreb (Tel Aviv, Israel), Menahem Kidron (Kiryat, Israel), Shmuel Kenig (Haifa, Israel) and Naum Naveh (Ra'anana, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for generating hot, high-pressure exhaust gas for thrust includes an energetic powder monopropellant, wherein each particle of powder is comprised of a combination of oxidizer and fuel in a ratio suitable for combustion; and a rocket motor for combusting the monopropellant, ...