US Patent Issued to The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy on Aug. 26 for "Target jamming" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,399,263, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington).

"Target jamming" was invented by Bienvenido Melvin L. Pascoguin (San Diego) and Brittany Lynn (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for jamming a target includes aiming a pulsed laser at the target using a tracking system. The pulsed laser emits a pulsed laser beam at the target, thereby generating plasma that causes sound waves equal to or less than 5 ft from the target. The pulsed laser beam is swept with a frequency range to find a target frequency, thereby jamming the target."

The patent wa...