ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,715, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Wavefront Research Inc. (Northampton, Pa.).

"Low power compact optical communication and collision avoidance systems" was invented by Thomas W. Stone (Hellertown, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Low power and/or low footprint optical communication technologies that support short to medium range exoatmospheric communications and provide bidirectional communication with nearly spherical coverage."

The patent was filed on Aug. 14, 2023, under Application No. 18/233,463.

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