ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,505,263, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF NASA (Washington).

"Tessellation and connection system for space assembly of modular units" was invented by William R. Doggett (Poquoson, Va.), Brace W. White (Poquoson, Va.), John T. Dorsey (Yorktown, Va.), Julia E. Cline (Yorktown, Va.), David Kang (Mclean, Va.), Kyongchan Song (Poquoson, Va.), John E. Teter Jr. (Williamsburg, Va.), David A. Paddock (Toano, Va.), Iok M. Wong (Hampton, Va.), Rounak Mukhopadhyay (Bridgewater, N.J.), Robert F. Martin (Hampton, Va.), Patrick A. Cosgrove (Hampton, Va.), B.Danette Allen (Norfolk, Va.), Walter J. Waltz (Williamsburg, Va.), Ralph A. W...