US Patent Issued to The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army on July 21 for "Single-axis optical free-space communication" (Maryland Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,689,435, issued on July 21, was assigned to The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington).

"Single-axis optical free-space communication" was invented by Weimin Zhou (Rockville, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A single-axis optical free-space communication device is described. The optical communication device may interact with entities that include or utilize elements such as retroreflectors. The optical communication device may be utilized for applications such as positioning, navigation, and/or timing (PNT), two-way communication, and/or other appropriate applications. The communication device...