ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,403,635, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to QINETIQ Ltd. (Hampshire, Great Britain).

"Materials and methods" was invented by Christopher Douglas James Spooner (Bracknell, Great Britain), Robert Nathan Williams (Farnborough, Great Britain), Emma Jane Newton (Farnborough, Great Britain), Richard Webster (Shrewsbury, Great Britain) and Graham Webster (Shrewsbury, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of forming a shaped foamed polymer article and articles obtained from said method."

The patent was filed on July 28, 2020, under Application No. 17/630,788.

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