ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,468, issued on Oct. 14.

"Crown molding assembly formed of a composite of fiber reinforcing polymer and having segregated compartments for routing power and communications cables" was invented by Jeremy P. Hoffman (Newtown, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A crown molding assembly that enables safely incorporating electrical and communications cabling within the crown molding by providing segregated compartments for electrical and copper communications cabling, wherein the decorative face is formed of a composite of fiber reinforcing polymer (FRP) including a fiber-reinforced structure having an increased directionality of said rein...