ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,074, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Cisco Technology Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for reducing false radar detection" was invented by Fred J. Anderson (Lakeville, Ohio), Paul Jeffrey Stager (Akron, Ohio), Evgeny Yankevich (Beachwood, Ohio) and Matthew Aaron Silverman (Shaker Heights, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for distinguishing between radar signals and Wi-Fi signals are provided. When a set of electromagnetic signals are received, various tests are performed on the signals to determine if the signals are associated with radar pulses or if the signals are more likely to be associat...