ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,666,731, issued on June 23, was assigned to Attollo Engineering LLC (Camarillo, Calif.).

"Simultaneous dual-band systems and methods" was invented by Edward K. Huang (Newbury Park, Calif.) and Andrew D. Hood (Ventura, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure is directed generally to simultaneous dual-band systems and methods. A dual-band system as disclosed herein includes a plurality of pixels. Each pixel comprising a first absorber layer; a first intervening layer located adjacent the first absorber layer; a second absorber layer located adjacent to the first intervening layer; and a second intervening layer located...