ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,436,208, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio).

"Methodology to measure sensitive magnetic fields through coupled pump/probe fields" was invented by Michael A. Slocum (Dayton, Ohio) and Robert G. Bedford (Beavercreek, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments are directed to systems, apparatus and methods for measuring sensitive magnetic fields through coupled pump/probe fields associated with an NV diamond material within a resonant cavity while controlling beam power and frequency fluctuations."

The patent was filed on May 1...