ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,315,697, issued on May 27, was assigned to Dyson Technology Ltd. (Wiltshire, Great Britain).
"Method and apparatus for use in generating plasma" was invented by Sean Michael Carley (Gloucester, Great Britain) and Sven Gauter (London).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of generating a plasma is provided. The method uses a plasma antenna having a length, the method including driving an electrical conductor of the plasma antenna with RF frequency current to generate plasma both at a first location and at a second location spaced apart from the first location in a direction along the length of the antenna, there being a region adjacent t...