ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,693,397, issued on July 28.

"Stereophonic and n-phonic energy detector" was invented by Nathaniel Hawk (Akron, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An n-phonic energy detection ("NED") system includes two antenna structures separated by a distance. Each of the two antenna structures includes antenna elements. The NED system also includes radio frequency ("RF") detectors configured to detect RF energy emitted from a source and received by the two antenna structures, and an amplifier that amplifies signals from the RF detectors and outputs the amplified signals to a computer."

The patent was filed on Dec. 20, 2022, under Application No. 18...