ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,600, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to VICAT (L'Isle-d'Abeau, France) and ECOLE NATIONALE DES TRAVAUX PUBLICS DE L'ETAT ENTPE (Vaulx-en-Velin, France).

"Acoustic attenuation device provided with inserts made of acoustically absorbent material" was invented by Nicolas Brasier (Pont de Beauvoisin, France), Benoit Montazeaud (Vienne, France), Emmanuel Gourdon (Lyons, France) and Fulbert Mbailassem (Vaulx en Velin, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An acoustic attenuation device having two inserts made of acoustically absorbent material, the two inserts being different from each other and being separated from each other so as to del...