ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,562,467, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Airmar Technology Corp. (Milford, N.H.).

"Contactless modem cable" was invented by Didier Caute (Lorient, France), Baptiste Verneau (Clohars Carnoet, France), Bruno Marie (Ploemeur, France) and Stephen G. Boucher (Amherst, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A marine system, and corresponding method of transmitting an electronic signal in a marine environment, includes at least one pair of mutually coupled antennas disposed physically apart from each other, such that a separation gap exists therebetween. At least one of a first and second antenna of a given pair of the at least one pair of mutu...