ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,362,780, issued on July 15, was assigned to LEONARDO S.P.A. (Rome).

"Bidirectional data communication system, in particular exploiting a CDMA coding and two unidirectional data buses" was invented by Marco D'Ambrosio (Pomezia, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Communication system, comprising: a first data bus configured to transport a first data signal according to a first transmission direction; a second data bus configured to transport a second data signal according to a second transmission direction different from the first transmission direction; a synchronization bus; and a plurality of local resources generating a respective lo...