ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,171, issued on July 22, was assigned to QINETIQ Ltd. (Farnborough, Great Britain).

"Multi-layered article" was invented by Christopher Douglas James Spooner (Bracknell, Great Britain), Emma Jane Newton (Farnborough, Great Britain), Robert Nathan Williams (Farnborough, Great Britain), Louisa Alice Laing (Farnborough, Great Britain), Lyn David Jones (Fleet, Great Britain) and Lloyd Morris Wye (Farnborough, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Multi-layered articles or products comprising layers of filled polymer compositions, methods of making and applications or uses thereof."

The patent was filed on July 28, 2020, under Appl...