ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,316,021, issued on May 27, was assigned to BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Beijing) and BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP Co. LTD. (Beijing).

"Liquid crystal phase shifter, method for operating the same, liquid crystal antenna, and communication apparatus" was invented by Liang Li (Beijing), Tienlun Ting (Beijing), Jie Wu (Beijing), Xue Cao (Beijing), Ying Wang (Beijing), Haocheng Jia (Beijing), Cuiwei Tang (Beijing), Peizhi Cai (Beijing) and Chuncheng Che (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a liquid crystal phase shifter including first and second substrates opposite to each other, and a liquid crystal layer be...