ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,658,338, issued on June 16, was assigned to Infineon Technologies Austria AG (Villach, Austria).

"Graphene in electromagnetic systems" was invented by Wolfgang Granig (Seeboden, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transformer includes a winding configured to carry a current. The winding includes a conductor structure through which the current flows and a graphene layer arranged in direct contact with the conductor structure."

The patent was filed on Aug. 3, 2022, under Application No. 17/880,031.

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