ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,362,079, issued on July 15, was assigned to ECOLE DE TECHNOLOGIE SUPERIEURE (Montreal).

"Method for manufacturing an electrically conductive composite" was invented by Scheyla Kuester (Montreal, Canada) and Nicole Demarquette (Montreal, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of manufacturing an electrically conductive composite comprising a thermoplastic polymer and electrically conductive particles embedded in at least part of the surface of the thermoplastic polymer is provided. This method comprises the steps of: a) providing a heat-shrinkable object made of bulk thermoplastic polymer, wherein at least part of the surface of t...