ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,347,948, issued on July 1, was assigned to THE ANTENNA COMPANY INTERNATIONAL N.V. (Willemstad).

"Antenna device suitable for wireless communications, and a RF transceiver containing such an antenna device" was invented by Stanislav Ogurtsov (Eindhoven, Netherlands), Diego Caratelli (Eersel, Netherlands), Javier Armando Arrincon Rodriguez (Eindhoven, Netherlands) and Guilherme Theis (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Antenna device that is configured to perform wide angle two-dimensional scanning, and which is suitable for wireless communication protocols, wherein the antenna device comprises: i) a primary plate contain...