ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,741,882, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to TIOTECH AS (Nyborg, Norway).

"Manufacture of titanium dioxide structures" was invented by Robert Corkery (Stockholm), Andreas Westermoen (Frekhaug, Norway), Anders Teigland (Bergen, Norway), Hjordis Skar (Bergen, Norway) and Andre Marcel Bienfait (Ulset, Norway).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a structure of a titanium compound selected from the group consisting of sheets, wires and tubes. The present invention also relates to intermediate products and structures comprising titanium dioxide obtainable by the method. The invention provi...