ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,699,173, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to PROVIZIO Ltd. (Limerick, Ireland).

"MIMO radar using a frequency scanning antenna" was invented by Peter Ludlow (Lisburn, Great Britain), Steven Christie (Drumbo, Great Britain) and Denver Humphrey (Ballymena, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A radar system comprising an array of squintable elements, one or more tuners and a controller. A squintable element is an array of two or more resonant elements, wherein a first plurality of the squintable elements are configured to transmit an electromagnetic signal at a first frequency and a second plurality of the squintable elements are conf...