ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,440, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Deerfencing.com LLC (Chester, S.C.).

"Hybrid fence assembly with integrated polymer mesh structure and conducting fence wire" was invented by Douglas Korfel (Chester, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hybrid fence assembly includes a flexible polymer mesh structure with at least one integrated horizontal conducting wire. The polymer mesh structure has opposite ends, a horizontal length between the ends, and a vertical height. The conducting wire extends between the opposite ends of the mesh structure along its horizontal length, and is adapted for being electrically charged by an electric fen...