ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,470,248, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to KYOCERA AVX Components (San Diego) Inc. (San Diego).

"Method and system for controlling a modal antenna with acknowledgement" was invented by Jesse Shihchieh Hsin (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An antenna system is provided. In one example implementation, the antenna system may include a modal antenna that is operable in a plurality of different modes, and each mode may be associated with a different radiation pattern. The antenna system may include a tuning circuit configured to operate the modal antenna in the plurality of different modes. A transmission line may be coupled to the ...