ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,701, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to ROHR INC. (Chula Vista, Calif.).

"Commingled fiber preform architecture for high temperature composites" was invented by Christopher C. Koroly (Spring Valley, Calif.), Katherine E. Waugh (San Diego), Bryan Thai (Poway, Calif.) and Vijay V. Pujar (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A commingled fiber preform is provided. The commingled fiber preform includes a plurality of first fabric layers and a second fabric layer. The second fabric layer is positioned on top of the plurality of first fabric layers. The second fabric layer is joined to the plurality of first fabric layers via through thi...