ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,609,455, issued on April 21, was assigned to THALES (Meudon, France), UNIVERSITE DE RENNES (Rennes, France), CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (Paris), INSA DE RENNES (Rennes, France), NANTES UNIVERSITE (Nantes, France) and CENTRALSUPELEC (Gil-sur-Yvette, France).

"Device for controlling RF electromagnetic beams according to their angle of incidence, and manufacturing method" was invented by Herve Legay (Plaisance du Touch, France), Charalampos Stoumpos (Toulouse, France) and Jean-Philippe Fraysse (Toulouse, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for controlling radiofrequency beams comprising a set of cells. Each cel...