ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,755,872, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Chongqing University (Chongqing, China).

"Durable active anti-icing conductor for use in a low-temperature and high-humidity environment, and a method for preparing the same" was invented by Yuan Yuan (Chongqing, China), Huiying Xiang (Chongqing, China) and Ruijin Liao (Chongqing, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to the field of anti-icing material preparation, and in particular to a durable active anti-icing conductor for use in a low-temperature and high-humidity environment, and a method for preparing the same. The conductor comprises a dendritic composite por...