ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,501,294, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG (Munich).

"Radio frequency scanner system and method for mobile network testing" was invented by Christoph Hausl (Munich) and Joshua Funk (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A radio frequency scanner system for mobile network testing includes at least one switchable directional antenna assembly, a radio frequency receiver, and a processing circuit. The antenna assembly includes several directional antennas oriented in different directions. The radio frequency receiver is configured to process the radio frequency signal received by the antenna assembly, thereby c...