ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,301,286, issued on May 13, was assigned to NxGen Partners IP LLC (Dallas).

"System and method for powering re-generation and re-transmission of millimeter waves for building penetration" was invented by Solyman Ashrafi (Plano, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for enabling signal penetration into a building includes a transceiver located on an exterior of the building for receiving signals at a first frequency transmitted from a source outside of the building. An optical bridge receives the signals at the first frequency that experiences losses when penetrating an exterior surface of the building, converts the received signal...