ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,483,200, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to TECHNETIX B.V. (Veenendaal, Netherlands).

"Amplifier device" was invented by Martien Rijssemus (Veenendaal, Netherlands), Matthijs Laro (Veenendaal, Netherlands) and Dries Roodbeen (Veenendaal, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided an amplifier device comprising a first directional coupler (12: 30, 32) and a second directional coupler (14: 30', 32') connected together so as to create separate upstream (16) and downstream (18) paths in which amplifier means (24, 24') are located, wherein the first and second directional couplers (12, 14: 30, 32; 30', 32') are configured to...