US Patent Issued to Lawrence Livermore National Security, Eck Industries, Iowa State University Research Foundation, University of Tennessee Research Foundation on Sept. 16 for "Thermomechanically processed, nanostructure aluminum-rare earth element alloys" (Tennessee, California, Iowa, Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,069, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Lawrence Livermore National Security LLC (Livermore, Calif.), Eck Industries Inc. (Manitowoc, Wis.), Iowa State University Research Foundation Inc. (Ames, Iowa) and University of Tennessee Research Foundation (Knoxville, Tenn.).

"Thermomechanically processed, nanostructure aluminum-rare earth element alloys" was invented by Hunter Bryant Henderson (Livermore, Calif.), David Weiss (Manitowoc, Wis.), Ryan T. Ott (Ames, Iowa) and Orlando Rios (Knoxville, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A product includes a material having aluminum and at least one rare earth element (REE). The material incl...