ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,024, issued on June 16, was assigned to Universitaet des Saarlandes (Saarbruecken, Germany).

"Device and method for improved induction of noise by means of electromagnetic radiation" was invented by Gentiana Ioana Constanta Wenzel (Homburg, Germany), Bernhard Schick (Hofbieber, Germany), Achim Langenbucher (Saarbruecken, Germany), Klaus Kruttwig (Hagen, Germany) and Eduard Arzt (Saarbruecken, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein is a device for improved induction of sound by electromagnetic radiation, comprising a carrier layer; a first substance having a reflective property with respect to electromagnetic radiation...