ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,018, issued on June 3, was assigned to ARKEMA FRANCE (Puteaux, France).

"Fibrous material impregnated with thermoplastic polymer having a thickness of less than or equal to 100MM and method for the production thereof" was invented by Gilles Hochstetter (Colombes, France), Thibaut Savart (Lacq, France), Arthur Pierre Babeau (Lacq, France), Anthony Florencie (Bordeaux, France), Patrice Gaillard (Lacq, France) and Axel Salinier (Lacq, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An impregnated fibrous material including at least one fibrous material of continuous fibers and: at least one non-reactive thermoplastic polymer matrix, or at least on...