ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,902, issued on April 21.

"Method and materials for creating patterns of carbon and/or other elements on substrates or within liquid or frozen media by directed energy deposition of carbon and other elements" was invented by George Edward Parris (Gaithersburg, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention claims a method for creating patterns of carbon or other elements as deposits on the surface of substrates or as self-supporting filaments in liquid or solid media by the selected application of directed energy. In some embodiments, the deposits or filaments may be of primary interest because of their mechanical properties. In o...