ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,342,515, issued on June 24, was assigned to Vorbeck Materials Corp..

"Electromagnetic interference shielding structures" was invented by Dan Scheffer (Frederick, Md.), Kate Redmond (Baltimore) and Trentice Bolar (Columbia, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The instant disclosure relates to EMI shielding structures. A conductive composition is formed that includes a polymer and graphene present as a 3D-matrix therein. Rectangular EMI shielding panels are formed using the composition. Rectangular EMI shielding panels are affixed orthogonal to each other. The EMI shielding panels are successively overlapped to form a plurality of interconn...