ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,475,876, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to MYVOX AB (Stockholm).

"System, computer-implemented method, computer program and non-volatile data carrier for generating an acoustic channel for levitation of matter" was invented by Josef Hansson (Sundbyberg, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An acoustic levitation system contains an acoustic transducer array emitting acoustic energy of periodically varying intensity. The acoustic transducer array includes a set of transducer elements arranged on a surface extending in at least two dimensions. The transducer elements are controllable in response to a control signal so as to emit the acous...