US Patent Issued to QUALCOMM on April 7 for "Passive or semi-passive device with polarization conversion capability" (New Jersey, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,597,986, issued on April 7, was assigned to QUALCOMM Inc. (San Diego).

"Passive or semi-passive device with polarization conversion capability" was invented by Keerthi Priya Dasala (Bridgewater Township, N.J.), Navid Abedini (Basking Ridge, N.J.) and Junyi Li (Fairless Hills, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Method and apparatus for passive or semi-passive nodes having polarization conversion capability. The apparatus provides, to a passive node or a semi-passive node, an access control indication that indicates support for at least one of a first mode of operation or a second mode of operation. The apparatus monitors for a backscatter...