ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,195,401, issued on Jan. 14, was assigned to SAFRAN CERAMICS (Le Haillan, France), IRT ANTOINE DE SAINT EXUPERY (Toulouse, France), CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (Paris) and UNIVERSITE PAUL SABATIER TOULOUSE III (Toulouse, France).

"Pre-impregnated rovings for composite material" was invented by Fanny Grumbach (Aix-en-Provence, France), Gautier Mecuson (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Aude Paillassa (Bordeaux, France), Florence Ansart (Labege, France), Sandrine Duluard (Toulouse, France) and Nicolas Laval (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for impregnating an oxide fibre roving with a matrix of alumi...