ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,235,335, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio).

"Diagnostic device for the characterization of electromagnetic material properties" was invented by Andrew J. Hamilton (Dayton, Ohio), James Park (Springfield, Va.), Woo Yong Jang (Xenia, Ohio) and Nathan E. Zechar (Mason, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to diagnostic device for the characterization of electromagnetic material properties and a method of making and using same. Unlike current diagnostic devices, the diagnostic device comprises a novel waveguide...