US Patent Issued to The Regents of the University of California on July 28 for "Compositional variations of tungsten tetraboride with transition metals and light elements" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,578, issued on July 28, was assigned to The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, Calif.).

"Compositional variations of tungsten tetraboride with transition metals and light elements" was invented by Richard B. Kaner (Pacific Palisades, Calif.), Sarah H. Tobert (Encino, Calif.), Reza Mohammadi (Los Angeles), Andrew T. Lech (Los Angeles) and Miao Xie (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composition includes tungsten (W); at least one element selected form the group of elements consisting of boron (B), beryllium (Be) and silicon (Si); and at least one element selected from the group of elements consisting of titani...