ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,742,228, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to SAFRAN (Paris), SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES (Paris), CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (Paris), UNIVERSITE DE POITIERS (Poitiers Cedex, France) and ECOLE NATIONALE SUPERIEURE D'ARTS ET METIERS (Paris).

"Nickel-based superalloy, single-crystal blade and turbomachine" was invented by Jeremy Rame (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Jonathan Cormier (Chasseneuil-du-Poitou, France), Lorena Mataveli Suave (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Edern Menou (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a nickel-based superalloy comprising in weight percentages: 5.0 to 6.0% of ...