US Patent Issued to The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy on Jan. 13 for "Antennas with baluns for transmitting and receiving scalar longitudinal waves, and methods of use" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,525,711, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Keyport, Wash.).

"Antennas with baluns for transmitting and receiving scalar longitudinal waves, and methods of use" was invented by Mark E Paulus (Poulsbo, Wash.) and Daniel A Gentile (Keyport, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices, systems and methods are provided for the transmission of scalar longitudinal waves via a monopole antenna. A balun may attach to a shield at a base end of a monopole antenna to form a cylindrical shell shape with a closed end at the contact location and an open end facing the tip end o...