The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has accepted the patent application for uAvionix's "Aircraft Navigation Light ADS-B Radio," according to an announcement from the company on Tuesday. The USPTO is expected to issue the patent (U.S. Patent No. 10,156,627) on Dec. 18, 2018. uAvionix says its skyBeacon and tailBeacon products utilize the "Power Transcoder" included in the patent to ensure proper synchronization of data elements between Secondary Surveillance Radar (SSR) replies and ADS-B transmissions.
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