ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,503, issued on June 24, was assigned to POLITECNICO DI MILANO (Milan).

"Method for manufacturing cladding elements for use in construction" was invented by Tiziana Poli (Milan), Andrea Zani (Dublin, Calif.), Alberto Speroni (Milan) and Andrea Giovanni Mainini (Milan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for manufacturing cladding elements for use in construction, including a composite cement-based structure, including an elastically deformable support element having a first surface, a second surface and a plurality of spacer elements having an elongated shape positioned between the first and second surface to realize a plurality of...