ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,851, issued on June 3.
"Subtractive manufacturing of gyroid structures" was invented by Martha L Dunham (Renton, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and an article of manufacture are disclosed for creating 3-D (3-Dimensional) gyroid-based structures such as panels, parts, and components using gyroid building blocks made by subtractive manufacturing (shaping material by removing part of the material, like making a sculpture by shaving wood from a log) that may minimize or maximize heat transfer, compared with a non-gyroid similar structure and depending on application, while maintaining high structural strength and integrity ...