ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,500,354, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY (Espoo, Finland).

"Apparatus for processing radio frequency signals, network element for a wireless communications system, and user equipment for a wireless communications system" was invented by Hardy Halbauer (Ettlingen, Germany), Silvio Mandelli (Tamm, Germany) and Stephan Saur (Stuttgart, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus (100) for processing radio frequency signals, comprising a first antenna system (110) having a controllable first antenna characteristic and a second antenna system (120) having a controllable second antenna characteristic,...