ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,800, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Variowell Development GmbH (Muenster, Germany).

"Multilayer plate" was invented by Tobias Kirchhoff (Muenster, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multilayer plate is disclosed which includes three layers. A carbon layer is covered by a metallic layer, and a substrate layer is covered at least partially by the carbon layer and the metallic layer. The metallic layer includes a first zone and a second zone. The first zone is a zone defined by the carbon layer and the second zone is a zone defined by carbon layer-free zone. The substrate layer is made of a polyurethane flexible foam. The first ...