US Patent Issued to Raptor Data on July 7 for "Acoustic receiver" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,390, issued on July 7, was assigned to Raptor Data Ltd. (Aberdeen, Great Britain).

"Acoustic receiver" was invented by Colin Maclean (Aberdeenshire, Great Britain), Frazer Geddes (Aberdeenshire, Great Britain) and Gordon Cowie (Aberdeenshire, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An acoustic receiver is provided for receiving acoustic signals from an acoustic communication channel. The acoustic receiver comprises a waveguide; and at least first and second sensors for sensing the acoustic signals, the sensors being in acoustic communication with the waveguide. The first and second sensors are acoustically coupled to the waveguid...