ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,482, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Airbus SAS (Blagnac, France).

"Method of recycling a structure or at least a portion thereof, and component for an aircraft or spacecraft" was invented by Frank Palm (Unterhaching, Germany) and David Schimback (Ottobrunn, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of recycling a structure or at least a portion thereof, and component for an aircraft or spacecraft. The structure comprises components connected to each other and each made from a metal alloy. The method includes producing, at least from a plurality of the components, including components made from at least two different metal all...