ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,436, issued on July 8, was assigned to SCW TECHNOLOGIES Ltd. (Colraine, Great Britain).

"Method for cremation by means of supercrtitical fluids reaction" was invented by Stephen W. Hamilton (Coleraine, Great Britain) and Gregory Scott Dawson (Olalla, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention deals with a method for cremating a body comprising taking the body fluids to a supercritical state in order to act as a solvent capable of breaking down the tissues and bone of a corpse. The method allows creating a supercritical reaction with the body own fluids to break down all the tissues and bones of a body and convert them ...