ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,525,959, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to u-blox AG (Thalwil, Switzerland).

"Tracking circuit for tracking a frequency of a sweeping signal component in an input signal, filter circuit and method for processing a sweeping signal component in an input signal" was invented by Olivier Julien (Thalwil, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one embodiment a tracking circuit for tracking a frequency of a sweeping signal component in an input signal comprises an input for receiving the input signal (Sin) comprising the sweeping signal component and a noise component, a mixer coupled to the input and configured to mix the input signal ...