ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,984, issued on June 3, was assigned to Ohio State Innovation Foundation (Columbus, Ohio).

"Metal matrix composites and methods of making and use thereof" was invented by Aihua Luo (Columbus, Ohio), Xuejun Huang (Pflugerville, Texas) and Jianyue Zhang (Columbus, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are metal matrix composites and methods of making and use thereof. For example, disclosed herein are methods of making a metal matrix composite comprising a metal matrix reinforced by a high entropy alloy. The methods comprise mixing a first powder and a second powder to form a powder mixture, wherein the first powder compris...