US Patent Issued to Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation on March 3 for "Metal-based composites and methods therefor" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,455, issued on March 3, was assigned to Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wis.).

"Metal-based composites and methods therefor" was invented by Lianyi Chen (Middleton, Wis.) and Ali Nabaa (Madison, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the disclosure are directed to methods, apparatuses and articles of manufacture pertaining to metal-based materials having particles dispersed therein. As may be implemented in accordance with various embodiments, ceramic particles are provided in a metal-based melt. The metal-based melt is heated to induce boiling and therein diffuse metal vapors of the metal-based melt between th...