ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,711, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to DSM IP ASSETS B.V. (Maastricht, Netherlands).

"Composite sheets and medical implants comprising such sheets" was invented by Mark Kenneth Hazzard (Echt, Netherlands), Noel L. Davison (Echt, Netherlands), Mandy Maria Jozefina Wiermans (Echt, Netherlands), Nicolaes Hubertus Maria De Bont (Echt, Netherlands) and Loes Heleen Pluymen (Echt, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are composite sheets and prosthetic medical devices formed therefrom. In an embodiment, a composite sheet has a thickness of 25-250 micro metre and comprises 10-70 mass %, based on the total mass of the ...