ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,230,898, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Chasm Advanced Materials Inc. (Canton, Mass.).

"Transparent radio frequency antenna and EMI shield" was invented by Robert F. Praino (Westwood, Mass.), David J. Arthur (Canton, Mass.), Emiliano Mezzarobba (Canton, Mass.) and Daniel Skiba (Canton, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure includes, and results in the creation of, a printed carbon nanotube and/or graphene hybrid antenna and/or EMI shield, comprised of a conductive layer that comprises a metal mesh (MM) layer or a nanowire layer on a substrate, with a printed Signal Enhancement Layer (SEL) on the conductive layer. The S...