US Patent Issued to The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy on May 19 for "Organically modified chalcogenide polymer preforms and fibers" (Maryland, Virginia, District Of Columbia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,631,817, issued on May 19, was assigned to The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Arlington, Va.).

"Organically modified chalcogenide polymer preforms and fibers" was invented by Darryl A. Boyd (Fort Washington, Md.), Vinh Q. Nguyen (Fairfax, Va.), Daniel L. Rhonehouse (Chesapeake Beach, Md.), Geoffrey D. Chin (Washington), Frederic H. Kung (Alexandria, Va.), Kenneth J. Ewing (Washington), Daniel J. Gibson (Cheverly, Md.), Woohong Kim (Lorton, Va.) and Jasbinder S. Sanghera (Ashburn, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of making chalcogenide based polymeric materials and conver...