US Patent Issued to FUNDACIO EURECAT on July 8 for "Apparatus and method for powder spheroidisation by microwave-induced plasma" (Spanish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,356,536, issued on July 8, was assigned to FUNDACIO EURECAT (Cerdanyola del Valles, Spain).

"Apparatus and method for powder spheroidisation by microwave-induced plasma" was invented by Alberto Ruiz Rodriguez (Barcelona, Spain), Francisco Javier Planta Torralba (El Masnou, Spain) and Raffaele Caminati (Vilassar de Mar, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for powder spheroidisation by microwave-induced plasma comprises a microwave generator, a microwave cavity, a waveguide connecting the microwave generator to the microwave cavity, a plasma tube partially located in the microwave cavity, a powder supply connected to the plasm...