ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,322,876, issued on June 3, was assigned to Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC (Richardson, Texas).

"Multi-band antennas having enhanced directors therein that inhibit radiation interference across multiple frequency bands" was invented by Changfu Chen (Suzhou, China) and Runmiao Wu (Suzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An antenna includes a reflector, a radiating element extending forwardly of the reflector, and a director positioned forwardly of the radiating element. The director includes a plurality of passive impedance elements that provide frequency-dependent reactances to currents induced therein responsive to electromagnetic rad...