US Patent Issued to Go Team CCR on June 17 for "EMP protection for structures having coal combustion residual components" (North Carolina, Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,155, issued on June 17, was assigned to Go Team CCR LLC (Raleigh, N.C.).

"EMP protection for structures having coal combustion residual components" was invented by Francis Norbert Hector Jr. (Raleigh, N.C.) and Davidson A. Scott (Stafford, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electromagnetic emission shield for protecting a facility having a volume comprised of coal combustion residue. The shield includes a carbon-based material positioned inside an interior space of the coal combustion residue proximate to and interposed between a potential source of electromagnetic emission and the facility."

The patent was filed on Jan. 9, 2024,...