ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,885, issued on June 3, was assigned to University of Kansas (Lawrence, Kan.) and United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington).

"Physical waveform optimization for multiple-beam multifunction digital arrays" was invented by Patrick M. McCormick (Beavercreek, Ohio), Cenk Sahin (Oakwood, Ohio), Shannon David Blunt (Shawnee, Kan.) and Justin G. Metcalf (Norman, Okla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods of embodiments provide a feasible approach to implementing Far-Field Radiated Emission Design (FFRED) techniques suitable for simultaneous transmission of radar and communication sign...