ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,767, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Boeing Ace Collateral Agent LLC (Arlington, Va.).

"Aircraft body section with multilayer electrically conductive structure and methods of fabrication" was invented by Edward Barnes (Palo Alto, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft body section comprises a first layer of composite material, a first group of conductive traces, a second layer of composite material, and a first group of conductive connectors. The first layer of composite material has an upper surface and a lower surface, with the lower surface forming an exterior surface of a body of the aircraft. The first group of con...