ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,269, issued on June 2, was assigned to Stratasys Inc. (Minnetonka, Minn.).

"Composite article comprising a structured porous body and a foam and a process the production of a structured porous body and a particle foam" was invented by Florian Fischer (Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany), Leander Verbelen (Heidelberg, Germany), Erika Fantino (Heidelberg, Germany), Lisa Marie Schmidt (Lemfoerde, Germany) and Eva Anna Haase (Lemfoerde, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a process for the production of a composite article comprising a structured porous body (PB) and a particle foam (PF), wherein the provid...