US Patent Issued to The Government of the United States, represented by the Secretary of the Army on Jan. 28 for "Wire identification sensor" (Maryland, New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,212,080, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to The Government of the United States, represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington).

"Wire identification sensor" was invented by Bing Mak (Marlboro, N.J.), Adam Melber (Churchville, Md.), Daniel Heinz (Perry Hall, Md.) and Michael Brennan (North East, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments that pertain to a loop antenna are described. The loop antenna can be a single loop antenna that switches between a first phase and a second phase. While operating at different phases, the loop antenna can function at the same frequency. The loop antenna can observe a response to the f...