ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,531,177, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to EHT VENTURES INC. (Seattle).

"High voltage pulse generator for high-energy beam kickers" was invented by James Prager (Seattle), Kenneth Miller (Seattle), Kevin Muggli (Mountlake Terrace, Wash.), Zach Mulalley (Seattle), Caleb Schmidt (Eatonville, Wash.), Steven Wilson (Seattle) and Huatsern Yeager (Olympia, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A high voltage inductive adder is disclosed. An inductive adder may include a plurality of switch boards that each include a plurality of switch boards that include a plurality of solid state switches. These switch boards may be stacked one upon another....