ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,362,464, issued on July 15, was assigned to MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS INC. (Chicago).

"Holster with embedded coupling element for extending radio antenna range" was invented by Ming Yeh Koh (Bdr Baru Air Itam, Malaysia), Alexander Oon (Bayan Lepas, Malaysia) and Bing Qin Lim (Bayan Lepas, Malaysia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A holster for docking a portable radio is provided. The holster is configured with a GND extension path that provides an antenna counterpoise for an external antenna of the portable radio. The holster is formed of a housing (121) having a belt attachment element (122) extending therefrom and a GND contact (124) integrate...