ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,565, issued on July 15, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"Trunk lid for closing a trunk of a notchback motor vehicle and motor vehicle" was invented by Stefan Birner (Landshut, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A trunk lid for closing a trunk of a notchback motor vehicle includes at least one inner part having a receiving space for at least one antenna of the motor vehicle and at least one outer cladding part connected to the inner part. The outer cladding part is formed of a material that is permeable to radio waves at least in a region where radio waves are to pass through. A notchback motor vehicle includ...