ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,021, issued on Sept. 16.

"Infrared cloaking material" was invented by David Horinek (Weare, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An infrared cloaking material includes a copper-coated fabric and a layer of zinc oxide. The copper-coated fabric includes an inner layer of copper, a layer of fabric, and an outer layer of copper as the layer of fabric is composed of an inner fabric surface and an outer fabric surface. The inner fabric surface and the outer fabric surface being positioned opposite of each other about the layer of fabric. The inner layer of copper is superimposed onto and across the inner fabric surface. The outer layer of ...