ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,675, issued on July 8, was assigned to THE BOEING COMPANY (Arlington, Va.).

"Extrudable compositions comprising fillers and devices made from the compositions" was invented by Eric Alan Bruton (Lake St. Louis, Mo.) and Loyal Bruce Shawgo (O'Fallon, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A filter comprises a support substrate. A film is disposed on the support substrate, the film comprising a polymer matrix material and a filler. The filler has a particle size distribution configured to filter a desired range of wavelengths of light, the particle size distribution having been achieved by extrusion. An extrudable composition is also disclos...