ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,235, issued on July 15, was assigned to QINETIQ Ltd. (Hamsphire, Great Britain).

"Method of forming a shaped article" was invented by Christopher Douglas James Spooner (Bracknell, Great Britain), Lloyd Morris Wye (Farnborough, Great Britain), Lyn David Jones (Fleet, Great Britain) and Robert Nathan Williams (Farnborough, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of forming shaped articles by welding."

The patent was filed on July 28, 2020, under Application No. 17/630,803.

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