ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,592,466, issued on March 31, was assigned to Liquid Wire Inc. (Portland, Ore.).

"Deformable conductive structures and methods for fabrication" was invented by Mark Ronay (Portland, Ore.) and Edward Godshalk (Newberg, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A conductive assembly may include a deformable substrate disposed around an axis, and a deformable conductor arranged on the deformable substrate. The substrate may be arranged to form a channel along the axis, and the deformable conductor may be arranged on the deformable substrate to form a waveguide. The deformable substrate, the first deformable conductor, and a second deformable cond...