ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,896, issued on April 22, was assigned to Honeywell International Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Stabilized evaporable getter for increased handleability" was invented by John Downs (Morristown, N.J.), Mahdi Mohajeri (Morristown, N.J.) and Dean Eivind Johnson (Orono, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for a stabilized evaporable getter for increased handleability is provided. In certain embodiments, a method includes preparing a first getter material, a second getter material, and a metal material. Additionally, the method includes mixing the first getter material, the second getter material, and the metal material into...