ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,709, issued on April 21, was assigned to STORMQUANT INC. (Campbell, Calif.).

"Radar configuration using stationary feed horn, signal generator, and reflector" was invented by Kevin Shoemaker (Indian Harbour Beach, Fla.), Andrew Bryant (Los Gatos, Calif.) and Nick Muhlhauser (Los Gatos, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Some embodiments of the invention provide Pulse Doppler Polarimetric radars that are configured in a manner to eliminate traditional components that contribute to the high system cost, the overall weight and the low reliability of the radars. In some embodiments, each radar includes a (1) a beam steering walking s...