ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,798, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to ORC TECH LLC (Albuquerque, N.M.).

"Means for supporting wireless Fresnel lens over a mobile device to enhance antennae reception of RF signals" was invented by John Chavez (Albuquerque, N.M.) and Luis M Ortiz (Albuquerque, N.M.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A Fresnel lens is adapted to be attached to a button associated with an expandable grip structure for a mobile device. The expandable grip structure can include a collapsible membrane formable into a conical shaped when expanded from a flat position to an expanded position, the button formed at one end of the collapsible membrane and having...