ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,553, issued on May 13, was assigned to Unison Industries LLC (Jacksonville, Fla.).

"Device and method for forming electroformed component" was invented by Gordon Tajiri (Waynesville, Ohio), Emily Marie Phelps (Bellbrook, Ohio), Dattu G V Jonnalagadda (Ponnur, India), Joseph Richard Schmitt (Springfield, Ohio) and Yanzhe Yang (Mason, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A forming manifold and method for electroforming a component, including providing an electroforming cathode disposed within a first bath tank having a solution with a first metal ion concentration, overlaying at least a portion of the electroforming cathode with a formi...