US Patent Issued to 4S-Silversword Software and Services on July 15 for "System and method for aligning RF phase in a distributed mobile platform ensemble utilizing a free space optical system to improve RF phase alignment" (Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,362,474, issued on July 15, was assigned to 4S-Silversword Software and Services LLC (Catonsville, Md.).

"System and method for aligning RF phase in a distributed mobile platform ensemble utilizing a free space optical system to improve RF phase alignment" was invented by William Robert Allen Ziegler (Tjamesville, Md.) and Ronald H. Smith (Rockville, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a method for communicating between platforms, comprising the steps of initializing a first platform and a second platform; optically tracking a movement of the second platform by the first platform; and optically communicating bi-directi...