ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,652, issued on June 30, was assigned to DAEGU GYEONGBUK INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (Daegu, South Korea) and KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Multicast switch array and beam steering device using same" was invented by Kyoung Sik Yu (Daejeon, South Korea) and Sang Yoon Han (Daegu, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multicast switch array and a multi-beam steering device using the same are provided. Accordingly, it is possible to precisely steer a large-scale multi-beam."

The patent was filed on Jan. 26, 2022, under Application No. 18/273,837.

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