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  • Which cutting-edge Navy patent just named King George inventors?

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📰 News we're reading

• The R&D Dept.: Local patent roundup for 12.17.25 (richmondbizsense.com) — Several newly issued U.S. patents list King George residents Matthew Lehr and Jonathan Crook as inventors on advanced shipboard targeting hardware for the U.S. Navy, highlighting local engineering expertise. The broader roundup covers a variety of Richmond- and Virginia-connected innovations, from packaging and medical devices to data systems, underscoring the region’s growing role in high-tech research and development.
   

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