ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,603,703, issued on April 14, was assigned to HENSOLDT Sensors GmbH (Taufkirchen, Germany) and Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. (Munich).

"Network node for a non-detectable laser communication system" was invented by Oliver Rudow (Oberkochen, Germany), Marc Eichhorn (Mannheim, Germany) and Christelle Kieleck (Munchhausen, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Examples include a network node for a non-detectable laser communication system, a bi-directional laser communication system comprising such a network node, a method for a non-detectable laser communication, and in particular to an optronic system...