ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,388,176, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington).

"Phased array of electrolytic fluid antennas and a method for dynamically beam steering the same" was invented by Kristopher Ryan Buchanan (San Diego), Timi Adeyemi (San Diego), Carlos F. Flores-Molina (San Diego) and Sara Wheeland (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A phased array of electrolytic fluid antennas comprising: a plurality of electrolytic fluid antennas, wherein each electrolytic fluid antenna is configured to produce a free-standing stream of electrolytic fluid from a corresponding nozzle...