ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,427, issued on March 24, was assigned to Ambature Inc. (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

"Electrical, mechanical, computing, and/or other devices formed of extremely low resistance materials" was invented by Douglas J. Gilbert (Flagstaff, Ariz.), Y. Eugene Shteyn (Cupertino, Calif.), Michael J. Smith (Seattle), Joel Patrick Hanna (Sacramento, Calif.), Paul Greenland (Morgan Hill, Calif.), Brian Coppa (Phoenix) and Forrest North (Palo Alto, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Electrical, mechanical, computing, and/or other devices that include components formed of extremely low resistance (ELR) materials, including, but not limited to, modified...