ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,759, issued on July 29, was assigned to SIEMPELKAMP MASCHINEN-UND ANLAGENBAU GMBH (Krefeld, Germany).

"Method for producing a component from a fiber-composite material" was invented by Fabian Koffers (Krefeld, Germany), Michael Scholer (Rheurdt, Germany), Klaus Schurmann (Juchen, Germany) and Lothar Sebastian (Duisburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for producing a component from a fiber-composite material includes introducing a fiber impregnated with a matrix onto the inner mold of a mold space formed between the inner mold and an outer mold, introducing a separating membrane onto the fiber impregnated with the mat...