ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,355,132, issued on July 8, was assigned to M.M.A. DESIGN LLC (Broomfield, Colo.).

"Deployable antenna system" was invented by Lyn Eric Ruhl (Golden, Colo.), Asa Darnell (Cave City, Ky.) and Mark Bailey (Longmont, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A deployable antenna system for deployment in an extraterrestrial environment is provided, the deployable antenna system comprising a deployment mechanism including one or more extendable support structures comprising at least one axial support structure adapted to extend in a z-direction parallel to a z-axis in the deployable antenna system and a deployable antenna attached to the one or more...