US Patent Issued to Saltenna on April 1 for "Apparatus, methods and systems for surface electromagnetic wave (SEW)-based underwater and underground communication and imaging" (Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,267,114, issued on April 1, was assigned to Saltenna LLC (McLean, Va.).

"Apparatus, methods and systems for surface electromagnetic wave (SEW)-based underwater and underground communication and imaging" was invented by Igor Smolyaninov (Columbia, Md.) and Quirino Balzano (Annapolis, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments described herein include an apparatus including an antenna and a processor operatively coupled to the antenna. The processor can generate an input signal and send the input signal to the antenna. The antenna can, in response to the input signal, transmit first surface electromagnetic signals along an interface be...