ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,834, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to SHPP Global Technologies B.V. (Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands).

"Methods for forming foamed beads including a nanostructured fluoropolymer" was invented by Johannes Gerardus Petrus Goossens (Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands), Vaidyanath Ramakrishnan (Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands) and Johannes Martinus Dina Goossens (Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for forming foamed beads includes: saturating pellets with a blowing agent to form saturated pellets; and depressurizing the saturated pellets in a pressure vessel to form the foamed beads. The pellets include: a matrix poly...