ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,460, issued on March 17, was assigned to BDCM A2 LLC (Dover, Del.).

"Guard band antenna in a beam steering radar for resolution refinement" was invented by Kenneth Ray Carroll (Huntington Beach, Calif.) and Maha Achour (Encinitas, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Examples disclosed herein relate to a beam steering vehicle radar for object identification. The beam steering vehicle radar includes a beam steering receive antenna having a plurality of antenna elements to generate a radiation beam comprising a main lobe and a plurality of side lobes, at least one guard band antenna to generate a guard band radiation beam, and a perc...