ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,598,728, issued on April 7, was assigned to CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (Paris), UNIVERSITE DE RENNES (Rennes, France) and SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSE (Paris).

"Self-adaptive thin-film electromagnetic shielding screen" was invented by Quentin Tricas (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Patrice Foutrel (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Xavier Castel (Rennes, France), Claire Le Paven (Rennes, France) and Philippe Besnier (Paris).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A self-adaptive shielding device is suitable for a lens or a window of a piece of equipment provided with an electrically conductive enclosure containing an optical or RF sensor. The ...