ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,789, issued on June 17, was assigned to GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE Corp. (Savannah, Ga.).

"Partition" was invented by Sean Thornton (Savannah, Ga.) and Brian Toler (Savannah, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A partition including, but not limited to, a first body comprising a planar, foldable material. The partition further comprises a plurality of flat substrates resistant to folding. The partition further comprising an adhesive. The substrates are adhered to the first body by the adhesive and arranged in a repeating pattern that defines a plurality of columns and rows. Each column and each row is spaced apart from its neighbor, thus de...