ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,754,283, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland Security (Washington).

"Methodology for designing millimeter-wave simulants with low loss powders" was invented by Ronald Krauss (Galloway, N.J.), Michael Brogden (Galloway, N.J.), Joseph McNamara (Egg Harbor City, N.J.), Jeffrey Brian Barber (Vineland, N.J.), Barry Thomas Smith (Egg Harbor City, N.J.) and James Christopher Weatherall (Linwood, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments of the present invention are directed towards a simulant and method relating to producing a simulant. For ex...