ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,260,968, issued on March 25.

"Electrically conductive composite with co-cured region for interface surfaces" was invented by Nathan D. Hansen (Fairfax, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A conductive composite structure has a conductive interface surface that enhances conductivity and provides corrosion protection by co-curing a metal-mesh gasket adjacent to a metal wire mesh layer in a multi-layer laminate structure. By co-curing metal-mesh gasket and metal wire mesh layers, gasket tear off and non-conductive resin face issues are eliminated. The conductive interface surface may be ablated to expose at least a portion of the metal-mesh...