US Patent Issued to The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy on June 24 for "Extremely directional microphone" (Maryland Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,342,126, issued on June 24, was assigned to The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington).

"Extremely directional microphone" was invented by Alexey S. Titovich (Poolesville, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exemplary embodiment of an inventive sound-sensing device includes a rigid hollow cylinder, a rigid end-closure joined at one longitudinal-axial end of the cylinder, a sound-absorbing material at least partially lining the cylinder and the end-closure, and a microphone. Some inventive embodiments additionally include a vibration-absorbing material at least partially lining the cylinder and...