ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,438,263, issued on Oct. 7.

"EMP-resistant telecommunications system and method with signal regenerating subsystem" was invented by John Moroney (Jupiter, Fla.) and George A. Livergood (Rogers, Ark.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electromagnetic pulse (EMP) resistant telecommunications (telecom) system includes core components mounted within and shielded by a Faraday cage. The components include a data source or storage device. An ethernet switch selectively connects the data source or storage device to a primary satellite router and a post-EMP satellite router. Telecom signals are output from and input to the core components via low no...