ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,500,341, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Antenna device and communication device" was invented by Taichi Hamabe (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There are provided an antenna device and a communication device including: a feed antenna connected to a feed point and extending from the feed point, the feed antenna corresponding to a first frequency; a loop antenna connected to a ground and arranged to surround the feed antenna, the loop antenna corresponding to a second frequency lower than the first frequency; and a resonator arranged outside the loop ante...