ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,884, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to X-wave Innovations Inc. (Gaithersburg, Md.).

"System, apparatus, and method for ultrasonic signal transmission and reception using a mixed digital and analog bus network" was invented by Carlos Rentel (Gaithersburg, Md.) and Dan Xiang (Gaithersburg, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for testing an entity using ultrasonic signal transmission and reception is disclosed. The system can include a central node comprising a logic digital subsystem with memory that is capable of transmitting and receiving mixed analog and digital signals, at least one remote node that is capable of transmitt...