ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,476,720, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG (Munich).

"Method and measurement system for characterizing a reconfigurable intelligent surface" was invented by Fabian Bette (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure generally relates to a method and a measurement system for characterizing a reconfigurable intelligent surface of a device under test. An incident signal is repeatedly transmitted onto the reconfigurable intelligent surface at an incident angle with respect to the reconfigurable intelligent surface by using a feed antenna. Reflected signals reflected by the reconfigurable intelli...