ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,927, issued on May 5, was assigned to Continental Electronics Corp. (Dallas).

"Loran transmitter, receiver, system and method of operating same" was invented by David L. Hershberger (Nevada City, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transmitter includes a Loran pulse generator, a dispersion filter, an equalizer, a power amplifier, an antenna tuner, and an antenna. The Loran pulse generator is configured to generate a Loran pulse signal. The dispersion filter is coupled to the Loran pulse generator, and is configured to generate a dispersed signal responsive to the Loran pulse signal. The equalizer is coupled to the dispersion filter...