ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,557,256, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to QUALCOMM Inc. (San Diego).

"Structure for electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding" was invented by Jordan Szabo (Carlsbad, Calif.), Emmanuel Howlin Pun (San Diego), Ernest Soto (Solana Beach, Calif.) and Tanhua Tian (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are apparatuses and techniques for fabricating apparatuses used as test platforms and commercial devices. In an aspect, an apparatus includes a non-conductive frame and a first shield structure. The first shield structure is part of the non-conductive frame. The first shield structure includes a first laser-activated surface s...