ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,255,411, issued on March 18, was assigned to INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Frequency reconfigurable phased array system and material processing method performed thereby" was invented by Joseph Poujiong Wang (New Taipei, Taiwan), Chia Ching Huang (Changhua County, Taiwan), Wei-Ji Chen (Tainan, Taiwan) and Yueh-Lin Tsai (Yunlin County, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A frequency reconfigurable phased array system comprises a signal generator outputting a power signal with an adjustable frequency, a plurality of radio frequency (RF) modules receiving the power signal, a control module generating excitat...