ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,217,887, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to Advanced Technology Applications Group Inc. (Las Cruces, N.M.).

"Composite conductive materials and methods" was invented by Eva Deemer (Las Cruces, N.M.) and Joshua Kauffman (Las Cruces, N.M.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Articles and methods regarding composite conductor materials comprising a first conductive material layer and a first carbonaceous material layer. In certain embodiments, the first carbonaceous material layer comprises an sp2 hybridized carbon compound. In certain embodiments, the electrical conductivity of the composite conductive material can be controlled and exhibits a con...