US Patent Issued to The United States of America, Represented by the Secretary of the Navy on April 1 for "Active and passive sail for improved communication networking at sea" (Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,263,931, issued on April 1, was assigned to The United States of America, Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington).

"Active and passive sail for improved communication networking at sea" was invented by Corey Bergsrud (Bloomington, Ind.), Katherine Grace Pfeiffer (Bloomington, Ind.), Edward Zipperle (Washington, Ind.) and Michael D. Combs (Bloomfield, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a radar and communications enhanced sail for a sailboat, sail ship, or sail drone. The sail includes a first sail section comprising an active communication system, a second sail section comprising a passive communication system, ...