ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,594, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Ind.).

"Electromagnetic wave generator based on non-linear composite materials" was invented by Andrew Fairbanks (Lafayette, Ind.) and Allen L Garner (West Lafayette, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transmission line is disclosed which includes a first conductor, a second conductor, a composite disposed between the first conductor and the second conductor, the composite includes non-linear inclusions comprising one or more of non-linear dielectric and non-linear magnetic inclusions mixed in a matrix material, wherein the non-linear dielectric in...