ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,658,694, issued on June 16, was assigned to EMP Shield Inc. (Burlington, Kan.).

"Method and reconfigurable inline systems for protection from transient electromagnetic energy disturbance" was invented by Plamen Doynov (Kansas City, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system for suppressing EMP-induced voltage surges due to transient electromagnetic energy disturbance such as a detonation of a nuclear weapon at high altitude generating an EMP (HEMP) comprising E1, E2, and E3 component pulses. Surge protection assemblies are mounted inline, intermediate AC and DC distribution power lines and a plurality of electrical and electr...