ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,469,983, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to The Mitre Corp. (McLean, Va.) and The Government of the United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Arlington, Va.).

"Substrate-loaded frequency-scaled ultra-wide spectrum element" was invented by Wajih Elsallal (Acton, Mass.), Jamie Hood (Owatonna, Minn.), Al Locker (Westford, Mass.) and Rick W. Kindt (Arlington, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A phased array antenna that includes a base plate; first and second spaced apart radiating elements formed by at least one conductive layer disposed on at least one dielectric layer that projects from the base plate; and a ...