ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,761, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Alpha Assembly Solutions Inc. (South Plainfield, N.J.).

"Sintering powder" was invented by Shamik Ghosal (Bangalore, India), Ranjit Pandher (Plainsboro, N.J.), Oscar Khaselev (Monmouth Junction, N.J.), Ravi Bhatkal (East Brunswick, N.J.), Rahul Raut (Sayreville, N.J.), Bawa Singh (Marlton, N.J.), Morgana de Avila Ribas (Bangalore, India), Siuli Sarkar (Bangalore, India), Sutapa Mukherjee (Bangalore, India), Sathish Kumar (Bangalore, India), Remya Chandran (Bangalore, India), Pavan Vishwanath (Bangalore, India), Ashok Pachamuthu (Bangalore, India), Monnir Boureghda (Bangalore, India), Nitin Desai (Bangalore, India), Anna Lifton (Bridgewater, ...