ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,456,797, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Twelve element dual-band MIMO antenna for 5G smartphones" was invented by Rifaqat Hussain (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Durria Abbasi (Bahawalpur, Pakistan), Abdul Aziz (Bahawalpur, Pakistan) and Azzedine Zerguine (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A twelve element dual band multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) antenna for a smartphone that includes a substrate, twelve single-element dual-band antennas and twelve T-shaped feed structures. The substrate has a top side, a bottom side, and four distinct side wa...