ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,962, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington).

"Passive electromagnetic and thermal noise mitigation method for cryogenic RF devices" was invented by Sergio A. Montoya (Chula Vista, Calif.) and Jenna Jones (Campo, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cryogenic RF device comprising: a cryogenic enclosure, a cryocooler cold-finger, a sensor, an electromagnetic shield, and a thermal shield. The cryogenic enclosure is capable of maintaining an internal high-vacuum cryogenic environment and includes a radome and a vacuum chamber. The radome is, and the vacuum c...