ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,189, issued on July 15, was assigned to OTRAJET INC. (Taichung, Taiwan).

"Article and method of manufacturing the same" was invented by Ching-Hao Chen (Taichung, Taiwan), Liang-Hui Yeh (Taichung, Taiwan) and Ting-Wei Chen (Taichung, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An article includes a foamed member including a polymeric material, and a core embedded in the foamed member, the core includes a first surface, a second surface and a sidewall, the foamed member covers at least a portion of the first surface, and covers the entire sidewall and the entire second surface. A method of manufacturing an article includes providing a moldin...