US Patent Issued to Yissum Research Development Company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem on Oct. 7 for "Compressed salt objects" (Israeli Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,001, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Yissum Research Development Co. of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Ltd. (Jerusalem, Ill.).

"Compressed salt objects" was invented by Daniel Mandler (Jerusalem), Noa Lapidot (Mevasseret Zion, Israel), Andrea Buffa (Jerusalem), Gabriel Dikovsky (Ari'el, Israel) and Lihi Rikanati (Modi'in, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are objects constructed of compressed salt combinations including salt and at least one additive, wherein the at least one additive is selected to impart the object with resistance to water and humidity."

The patent was filed on March 27, 2018, under Application N...