ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,417,863, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to NKT HV Cables AB (Lyckeby, Sweden).

"Power cable with multiple water barriers" was invented by Sonny Langstrom (Karlskrona, Sweden), Tommy Johansson (Brakne-Hoby, Sweden), Johan Jaderberg (Lyckeby, Sweden), Hakan Sandell (Karlskrona, Sweden) and Christoffer Dahl Ryde (Lyckeby, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power cable comprising: a power core including: a conductor, an insulation system including an inner semiconducting layer arranged around the conductor, an insulation layer arranged around the inner semiconducting layer, and an outer semiconducting layer arranged around the insula...