ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,659,592, issued on June 16, was assigned to MAXELL LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Composite reception/emission apparatus" was invented by Yasunobu Hashimoto (Kyoto, Japan), Hiroaki Ono (Kyoto, Japan), Osamu Kawamae (Kyoto, Japan) and Nobuo Masuoka (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composite reception and emission apparatus comprises: a plurality of first-type devices that receives or emits energy; a plurality of second-type devices whose type is different from a type of the first-type devices; and a base body. The first-type devices and the second-type devices measure a full solid angle, and are arranged on the base body such that a ...