ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,347,939, issued on July 1, was assigned to City University of Hong Kong (Kowloon, Hong Kong).

"Phased array antenna and antenna for phased array antenna" was invented by Kwok Wa Leung (Kowloon, Hong Kong), Zhili Su (Kowloon, Hong Kong) and Kai Lu (Guangdong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An antenna for a phased array antenna. The antenna includes a substrate, a radiation element arranged on the substrate, and a radiation pattern shaping mechanism operable to reduce central radiation provided by the radiation element during operation."

The patent was filed on Aug. 11, 2022, under Application No. 17/885,754.

*For further informatio...