ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,289,109, issued on April 29, was assigned to COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES (Paris).

"Current and/or voltage pulse source with rapid response time and sub-nanosecond jitter" was invented by Jean-Pierre Nikolovski (Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France) and Driss Aboulkassimi (Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical device for generating a test pulse, includes at least one voltage generator configured for generating an input voltage pulse in a first phase; for each generator, a coil transformer for amplifying the input voltage pulse; a rectifier diode; a target circuit comprising...