ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,682, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to LYTEN INC. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Pristine graphene disposed in a metal matrix" was invented by Michael Stowell (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Lauren Sienko (Champaign, Ill.), Daniel Jacobson (Champaign, Ill.) and Bruce Lanning (Littleton, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Inventive techniques for forming unique compositions of matter are disclosed, as well as associated physical characteristics and properties of the materials. In particular, particles comprising a metal lattice are characterized by having carbon (preferably graphene) disposed within the crystalline lattice structure thereof. The carbon...