US Patent Issued to Saltenna on April 8 for "Apparatus, methods and systems for improving coverage of wireless communication networks" (Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,273,735, issued on April 8, was assigned to Saltenna LLC (McLean, Va.).

"Apparatus, methods and systems for improving coverage of wireless communication networks" was invented by Igor Smolyaninov (Columbia, Md.) and Quirino Balzano (Annapolis, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some embodiments, a system includes a first antenna element configured, in response to receiving fifth generation (5G) communication signals carrying encoded data, to generate a first surface electromagnetic wave. The first surface electromagnetic wave is capable of tunneling through a conductive enclosure and includes the encoded data. The system includes a se...