ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,543,299, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Electromagnetic shielding apparatus" was invented by Shao-Tse Lu (Taoyuan, Taiwan) and Yu-Min Tai (Miaoli County, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electromagnetic shielding apparatus is provided. In one embodiment, the shielding apparatus, comprises a plurality of first ply yarns and a plurality of second ply yarns. Each of the first ply yarns comprises a plurality of metal filaments, and each of the second ply yarns comprises a plurality of metal filaments. The first ply yarns and the second ply yarns are interwoven with...