ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,494,304, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (Starbase, Texas).

"System and method for providing signaling over a conductive material in a cable" was invented by Anno van den Akker (Shaker Heights, Ohio), Wilson Ives (Los Angeles), David Elliott (Salt Lake City) and Joshua S. Salazar (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for using the shield of a cable for communication are disclosed. An example system includes a first electronic device, a second electronic device and a cable coupled to the first electronic device and to the second electronic device and having a conductive mater...