ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,335, issued on May 13, was assigned to T-Mobile USA Inc. (Bellevue, Wash.).

"Testing bench" was invented by Oscar R. Cummings (Lynwood, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A testing bench can be used while testing wireless telecommunications devices. In some examples, the testing bench includes a first surface and a second surface that houses a patch panel, a combiner, and/or an attenuator. The testing bench can be located in a shielded enclosure with at least two conductive radio frequencies (RF) shield layers separated by an insulator material. In some examples, the testing bench may receive a radio signal from a radio source loca...