ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,569, issued on April 14.
"Systems for projecting high voltage electrical discharges in air" was invented by Jonathan Schroeder (Calgary, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for projecting high voltage electrical discharges along laser filaments in air has a high voltage electrical discharge device operable to generate and discharge a high voltage electrical discharge. A laser assembly has at least one laser operable to produce laser electrically conductive laser filaments in air. An electrode is electrically connected to the high voltage electrical discharge device and configured to direct a high voltage electrical discha...