ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,834, issued on April 14, was assigned to THALES (Meudon, France).

"Detection system comprising a phased array antenna, and associated detection method" was invented by Adrien Gilliot (Merignac, France), Vincent Corretja (Merignac, France), Nicolas Leger (Merignac, France), Alexandre Quinquis (Merignac, France) and Rodolphe Cottron (Merignac, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A detection system includes a phased array antenna having unitary radiating elements, the system being suitable for, in each cycle, successively directing, by way of the successive application of a first and a second determined phase law to the electrical si...