ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,463,682, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).

"Communication apparatus" was invented by Hisao Koga (Fukuoka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A communication apparatus includes a coupler that is connected to a cable to which a first communication apparatus is connected, the first communication apparatus performing communication based on a wired communication scheme; communication circuitry that is connected to the coupler; and an antenna that is connected to the coupler, radiates a signal of the wired communication scheme to a second communication apparatus, and receives...