ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,437, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to NXP B.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Fine frequency offset estimation for coherent distributed radar" was invented by Yan Wu (Eindhoven, Netherlands) and Wilhelmus Johannes van Houtum (Sint-oedenrode, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments relate to a bi-static radar system, including: first and second radar stations configured to: transmit first and second radar signals based upon a clock signal; wherein the first radar station receives a reflected second radar signal and the second radar station receives a reflected first radar signal; coherently process the reflected f...