ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,493,067, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, N.H.).

"Non-linear flitering for pulse detection and pulse width discrimination" was invented by Richard J. Lavery (Huntington, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques are provided for non-linear filtering of a signal for improved pulse detection and pulse width discrimination. A system implementing the techniques according to an embodiment includes a first linear filter configured to filter an in-phase component of a received signal to a downsample bandwidth and a second linear filter configured to filter a quadratur...