ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,294,147, issued on May 6, was assigned to EAGLE TECHNOLOGY LLC (Melbourne, Fla.).

"Communications device with helical slot radiating antenna and related antenna device and method" was invented by Francis E. Parsche (Palm Bay, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A communications device may include an RF device, and an antenna coupled to the RF device. The RF device may have a conductive ground plane, a conductive support rod carried by the conductive ground plane and extending outwardly therefrom, and a conductive body coupled to and surrounding the conductive support rod. The conductive body may have a helical slot to define a helical sl...