ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,294,160, issued on May 6, was assigned to INSTITUTO TECNOLOGICO METROPOLITANO (Medellin, Colombia).

"Light-tuned antenna device" was invented by Alberto Mauricio Arias Correa (Medellin, Colombia) and Erick Estefen Reyes Vera (Medellin, Colombia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a light-tuned antenna device. The light-tuned antenna device comprises a First support element with one or more through-holes, and a photosensitive substrate disposed in one of the through-holes in the first support element, the photosensitive substrate having a first surface and a second surface. In addition, the antenna device compr...