ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,580,176, issued on March 17, was assigned to Lyten Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Structured composite materials" was invented by Michael W. Stowell (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Bryce H. Anzelmo (Mountain View, Calif.), David Tanner (Yuba City, Calif.), Bruce Lanning (Littleton, Colo.) and Joe Griffith Cruz (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of producing a structured composite material is described. A porous media is provided, an electrically conductive material is deposited on surfaces or within pores of the plurality of porous media particles, and an active material is deposited on the surfaces or within the pores of the plu...