ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,436,214, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DERANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG e.V. (Munich).

"Field modification device" was invented by Endri Stoja (Wachtberg, Germany), Dennis Philipp (Bremen, Germany), Simon Konstandin (Bremen, Germany), Thomas Bertuch (Wachtberg, Germany), Matthias Gunther (Bremen, Germany), Jurgen Jenne (Bremen, Germany), Robin Niklas Wilke (Bremen, Germany), Diego Betancourt (Wachtberg, Germany) and Reinhold Umathum (Wachtberg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, systems, and techniques for a field modification device for modifying a transmission field (Tx) and/or a receive fi...