In 1962, DuPont applied for a patent on the explosion welding process, which was granted on June 23, 1964 under US Patent 3,137,937 and resulted in the use of the "Detaclad" trademark to describe the process.
Do istih rezultatov je prišlo tudi kasneje pri laboratorijskih testih in nedolgo zatem so proces patentirali in ga dali v uporabo.