ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,469,949, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to ULTIMETAS (Paris), PARIS SCIENCES ET LETTRES (Paris), ECOLE SUPERIEURE DE PHYSIQUE ET DE CHIMIE INDUSTRIELLES DE LA VILLE DE PARIS (Paris), CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (Paris) and SORBONNE UNIVERSITE (Paris).

"Metasurface device" was invented by Jean Chazelas (Paris) and Charlotte Tripon-Canseliet (Issy les Moulineaux, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A metasurface device includes an antenna element formed on the front surface of a substrate, the antenna element comprising a two-dimensional array of electrically conductive patches spaced from one another and having dimensi...