ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,425,987, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Pivotal Commware Inc. (Bothell, Wash.).

"Communication of wireless signals through physical barriers" was invented by Eric James Black (Bothell, Wash.), Mersad Cavcic (Kirkland, Wash.), Brian Mark Deutsch (Issaquah, Wash.), Alexander Remley Katko (Seattle), Jay Howard McCandless (Alpine, Calif.), Adam Deloss Rea (Edmonds, Wash.), Ryan Dale Rutledge (Marysville, Wash.), Shannon Lee Hitchen (Renton, Wash.), Seyed Ali Malek Abadi (Mill Creek, Wash.) and Jordan Philip DoleZilek Read (Woodinville, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for transmitting and receiving wireless signals through...