ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,644,993, issued on June 2, was assigned to California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for a global positioning system using GNSS signals and stokes parameters" was invented by Kamal Oudrhiri (Pasadena, Calif.), Javier Bosch-Lluis (Pasadena, Calif.), Nereida Rodriguez Alvarez (Pasadena, Calif.) and Joan F. Munoz (Pasadena, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for a global positioning system using Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) signals and Stokes Parameters in accordance with embodiments of the invention are illustrated. One embodiment includes a GNSS. The GNSS includes at lea...