ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,476,371, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Abracon LLC (Spicewood, Texas).

"Antenna, and circuit board having an antenna" was invented by Jonas O. Starck (Umea, Sweden), Johan M. Vall (Umea, Sweden), William M. Eriksson Selin (Umea, Sweden), C. Jonatan Lindahl (Vannas, Sweden), Viktor A. Lundstrom (Umea, Sweden) and Ossian T. T. O. Kynman (Umea, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Antenna, and circuit board having an antenna. One example is an antenna comprising: a sheet of metallic material; a notch in the sheet of metallic material, the notch is triangular; a first exterior standoff that extends from a first edge of the notch, the f...