ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,634, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to ROXEL FRANCE (Saint-Medard-en-Jalles, France).

"Installation and method for destroying pyrotechnic waste" was invented by Laurent Meriel (Saint-Medard En Jalles, France) and Roland Favre (Saint-Medard En Jalles, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An installation for destroying waste includes at least traces of energetic materials, comprising: an enclosure delimited by lateral walls, the enclosure being filled with a liquid medium up to a first level; a chamber comprising: an inlet intended to supply the chamber with waste to be destroyed by combustion in the chamber; an outlet; a discharge l...