ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,536, issued on June 23, was assigned to Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Mumbai, India).

"Method and system for millimeter wave synthetic aperture radar imaging for superficial implant monitoring" was invented by Anwesha Khasnobish (Kolkata, India), Chirabrata Bhaumik (Kolkata, India), Tapas Chakravarty (Kolkata, India), Smriti Rani (Bangalore, India) and Amit Swain (Kolkata, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Millimeter (mm) waves, in comparison to microwaves, have short wavelengths and can penetrate to few centimeters inside the body. The embodiments herein provide a method and system for millimeter (mm) wave synthetic aperture ra...