ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,476,362, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to T-Mobile Innovations LLC (Overland Park, Kan.).

"Multi-stack antenna" was invented by Nagi A. Mansour (Arlington, Va.) and Akin Ozozlu (McLean, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-stack phased antenna array system is provided for enhancing wireless signal performance in a network. The system includes at least two antenna element layers, each comprising a matrix of individual antenna elements. Each antenna element is electrically connected to a modular ratio combining engine configured to process signals across the array. A method of operation includes receiving at least one signal from a...