ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,525,712, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Thales Defense & Security Inc. (Clarksburg, Md.).

"Antenna gooseneck device and communication system to mitigate near-field effects of co-localized antennas on portable radio products and methods of use thereof" was invented by Brett Carpenter (Frederick, Md.), Dena Horstkotte (Frederick, Md.) and Steve Kutchi (Ijamsville, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A communication system comprising a radio device and a gooseneck device. The radio device may be coupled to a first antenna and a second antenna. A feedline gooseneck device may be coupled to the first antenna. The feedline gooseneck device ...