US Patent Issued to ALANTUM EUROPE, FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG on May 20 for "Method for producing an open-pored molded body which is has a modified surface and which is made of a metal" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,981, issued on May 20, was assigned to ALANTUM EUROPE GMBH (Munich) and FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG B.V. (Munich).

"Method for producing an open-pored molded body which is has a modified surface and which is made of a metal" was invented by Tilo Buettner (Dresden, Germany), Gunnar Walther (Dresden, Germany), Hans-Dietrich Boehm (Dresden, Germany), Thomas Weissgaerber (Dresden, Germany), Bernd Kieback (Possendorf, Germany), Christian Immanuel Mueller (Dresden, Germany), Robin Kolvenbach (Munich) and Lars Torkuhl (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method for producing ...