ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,586, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Dickinson Corp. (Novato, Calif.).

"Composites including unimpregnated cellular carbon nanostructures" was invented by Matthew Bishop (Novato, Calif.), Abhay V. Thomas (Novato, Calif.) and David Andrew Brill (Novato, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composite, comprising a binder, the binder comprising one or more of polymeric, metallic, or ceramic, or pyrolytic carbon binder and a nanostructured carbon having a cellular structure. The cellular structure comprises one or more cell walls having a structure formed by a template and one or more cavities. Each cavity is substantially enclosed...