US Patent Issued to The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy on March 31 for "Thermoelectric nanocomposite materials" (Virginia, Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,593,609, issued on March 31, was assigned to The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Arlington, Va.).

"Thermoelectric nanocomposite materials" was invented by Boris N. Feigelson (Springfield, Va.), Kevin P. Anderson (Arlington, Va.), Benjamin L. Greenberg (Alexandria, Va.), James A. Wollmershauser (Alexandria, Va.) and Alan G. Jacobs (Rockville, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Thermoelectric (TE) nanocomposite material that includes at least one component consisting of nanocrystals. A TE nanocomposite material in accordance with the present invention can include, but is not limited...