ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,774, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to THALES (Courbevoie, France).

"3-D object comprising a sandwich of one or more composite layers, of one or more layers of metal patterns and optionally of one or more layers of possibly dense polymers for electromagnetic applications in antennas and/or radomes" was invented by Stephane Pommier (Gennevilliers, France), Mathilde Bellec (Gennevilliers, France) and Alain Le Fevre (Gennevilliers, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process for manufacturing a composite material of 3-D shape, includes a stack of layers of resin and fibre, incorporating at least one metal layer, the process compris...