ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,451,604, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC (Richardson, Texas).

"Multi-band antenna" was invented by Changfu Chen (Suzhou, China) and Pengfei Guo (Suzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-band antenna includes a first column of radiating elements that are configured to operate in a first operating frequency band mounted on a reflecting plate; a second column of radiating elements that are configured to operate in a second operating frequency band mounted on the reflecting plate; a first fence and a second fence located on both sides of the reflecting plate that extend forward from the reflecting...