ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,751, issued on July 8, was assigned to Velocys Inc. (Plain City, Ohio).

"Welded, laminated apparatus, methods of making, and methods of using the apparatus" was invented by Thomas Yuschak (Lewis Center, Ohio) and Anna Lee Tonkovich (Dublin, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention describes methods of welding onto laminated devices using a low temperature welding process. Also described are laminated devices with welds that do not disrupt a brazed core block of sheets in the laminated devices. Novel laminated devices with welded features for servicing the devices are also described."

The patent was filed on March 22, 2022, u...