ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,612, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to ACCENTURE GLOBAL SOLUTIONS Ltd. (Dublin).

"Providing charge mitigation on a spacesuit via a MXene-based conductive pathway" was invented by Lingyi Bi (Philadelphia), Eric Michael Gallo (Moretown, Vt.), Aditi Maheshwari (Boston) and Lavinia Andreea Danielescu (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods, and devices are directed to providing charge mitigation via a MXene-based conductive pathway on a spacesuit. In one aspect, a system for planetary exploration to provide charge mitigation on an outer surface of the spacesuit comprises a multilayered fabric including a woven layer, wher...