ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,740, issued on July 8.

"Processes and/or machines for producing continuous plastic deformation, and/or compositions and/or manufactures produced thereby" was invented by Kumar Kandasamy (Blacksburg, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a manufacturing method, process, machine, and/or system for continuously consolidating granular materials, creating new alloys and/or composites, and/or modifying and/or refining material microstructure, by using plastic deformation of feedstock(s) provided in various structural forms. Materials produced during this process can be fabricated directly and/or in for...