ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,230,858, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives (Paris).

"Balun" was invented by Lotfi Batel (Grenoble, France) and Christophe Delaveaud (Grenoble, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A balun including first and second conductive tracks located vertically in line and at a distance from each other and having a same pattern."

The patent was filed on Sept. 24, 2021, under Application No. 17/485,145.

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