ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,716, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Archem Inc. (Tokyo).

"Porous structural body and porous structural body manufacturing method" was invented by Toshimitsu Shinohara (Tokyo), Yoshiyuki Takahashi (Tokyo), Yukiko Yamaguchi (Tokyo) and Satoshi Ienaga (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A porous structural body 1 made of flexible resin or rubber, the porous structural body includes a skeleton part 2 throughout its entirety. The skeleton part includes a plurality of bone parts 2B and a plurality of coupling parts 2J coupling end parts of the plurality of respective bone parts with each other. The skeleton part has a plurality of an...