ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,730,212, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Honeywell International Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Interference limiting for surveillance messages" was invented by Ruy C. Brandao (Redmond, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some examples, a system includes a transceiver configured to transmit a first surveillance message at a first power level at or below a first maximum power level. The system also includes processing circuitry coupled to the transceiver, the processing circuitry configured to determine that a threshold condition exists. The processing circuitry is also configured to determine a second maximum power level in response to ...