ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,402,236, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to SAIREM SOCIETE POUR L'APPLICATION INDUSTRIELLE DE LA RECHERCHE EN ELECTRONIQUE ET MICRO ONDES (Decines Charpieu, France).

"Device for producing a plasma comprising a plasma ignition unit" was invented by Louis Latrasse (Charbonnieres-les-Bains, France), Fadi Zoubian (Bron, France) and Nicolas Renaut (Saint-Priest, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for producing a plasma, configured to generate a plasma from a reaction gas, wherein the device for producing a plasma comprises a microwave generator operating at a given source frequency comprised within a microwave frequency range and ...