US Patent Issued to SAINT-GOBAIN CERAMICS & PLASTICS on Oct. 7 for "Monolithic ceramic body and assembly" (American, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,009, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to SAINT-GOBAIN CERAMICS & PLASTICS INC. (Worcester, Mass.).

"Monolithic ceramic body and assembly" was invented by Mark Hampden-Smith (Chelmsford, Mass.), Francesca Mirri (Acton, Mass.), Michael McGahan (Middletown, R.I.), Bojana Lante (Northborough, Mass.), Emmanuel Simadiris (Anaheim, Calif.), Michael Sender (Somerville, Mass.), Paul W. Rehrig (Sterling, Mass.), Patrick Van Nuoi Nguyen (Cavaillon, France) and Stephen Lee Dahar (Solon, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A monolithic ceramic body can comprise a first portion comprising a plurality of pores defining an interconnected network of por...