ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,362,777, issued on July 15, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Electronic device housing having a radio-frequency transmissive component" was invented by Daniel R. Bloom (Cupertino, Calif.), Chelsea E. Wojeski (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Edward Siahaan (San Francisco), Nathan Morris (Cupertino, Calif.), Ryan S. Haley (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Tian Shi Li (Cupertino, Calif.) and Toni Ristoski (Cupertino, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device component including a thermoset composite material is described herein. The electronic device component may be a structural component of the housing and define an exterior surfa...