ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,806, issued on July 15, was assigned to Heraeus Covantics North America LLC (Chandler, Ariz.).
"Ceramic sintered body comprising magnesium aluminate spinel" was invented by Luke Walker (Chandler, Ariz.), Matthew Joseph Donelon (Chandler, Ariz.), Steven Roger Kennedy (Chandler, Ariz.) and Sudip Koirala (Chandler, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a ceramic sintered body comprising magnesium aluminate spinel of composition MgAl2O4 having from 90 to 100% by volume of a cubic crystallographic structure and a density of from 3.47 to 3.58 g/cc, wherein the ceramic sintered body is free of sintering aids. A method of making ...