ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,417,867, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to LAU Superconductors Inc. (Hunt Valley, Md.).

"Fiber reinforced coils and structures for high temperature superconductors" was invented by Wayne Chung Wei Lau (Geneva).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device comprises a solenoid of reinforced HTS material, wherein the solenoid of reinforced HTS material comprises a plurality continuous ordered fibers embedded in a high temperature superconducting material. A device comprises one or more coils, wherein the one or more coils comprise HTS solenoids; an armature coupled to a stem in a control valve, wherein the armature comprises a HTS solenoid; an...