ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,584, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Huawei Technologies'Co.'Ltd.' (Shenzhen, China).

"Electromagnetic bandgap structure" was invented by Jamal Mohamed Ahmouda Zaid (Ottawa) and Ahmed Ashoor (Ottawa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An array includes an electromagnetic bandgap structure having a dielectric substrate and multiple conductive patches on the dielectric substrate and for suppressing surface waves travelling across the conductive patches. The conductive patches include a first conductive patch and a second conductive patch spaced from, and electromagnetically coupled to, the first conductive patch. The second conductive pa...