ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,368,227, issued on July 22, was assigned to J.J. MACKAY CANADA Ltd. (New Glasgow, Canada).

"Single space wireless parking with improved antenna placements" was invented by George Allan MacKay (New Glasgow, Canada), Gregory Emile Chauvin (Brookside, Canada), Neil Stuart Erskine (Halifax, Canada), Darren Scott Cameron (New Glasgow, Canada), Donald Wesley Church (Halifax, Canada), Ben Garvey (Halifax, Canada), Josh Michael Bablitch (Port Washington, Wis.), Matt Gonia (Hubertus, Wis.), Glenn Eric Pederson (Sussex, Wis.) and Robert Thomas Buczkiewicz (West Bend, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wireless parking meter with an improved ant...