ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,886, issued on April 29, was assigned to GLASSOMER GMBH (Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany).

"Manufacturing of a metal mold for replicating a component having a predetermined three-dimensional shape" was invented by Frederik Kotz-Helmer (March, Germany) and Bastian Rapp (Freiburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a metal mold for replicating a component having a predetermined three-dimensional shape, the manufacturing method comprising: (a) fabricating a glass-based mold by using a moldable nanocomposite comprising an organic binder and glass particles dispersed therein, the...