ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,588, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems Inc. (Broomfield, Colo.).

"Efficient deterministic nulling method and apparatus" was invented by Mark C. Leifer (Boulder, Colo.) and Stanton B. McMillan (Louisville, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and method for placing nulls at desired locations within a beam pattern of a phased array antenna are provided. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, a weight vector solution for controlling operating parameters of the M elements of the array antenna such that a beam pattern incorporating one or more desired nulls is obtained by performin...