ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,925, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Ultrasonic transducer" was invented by Hanbit Jin (Daejeon, South Korea), Hye Jin Kim (Daejeon, South Korea) and Chan-Hwa Hong (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an ultrasonic transducer. This ultrasonic transducer includes a vibration plate and a radiation plate provided on the vibration plate. The radiation plate may have arc holes, arc grooves, or concave-convex grooves."

The patent was filed on Nov. 9, 2023, under Application No. 18/505,370.

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