ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,456,799, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Universal City Studios LLC (Universal City, Calif.).

"Method and apparatus for using slap bracelet as component of body-worn antenna structure" was invented by Wei Cheng Yeh (Orlando, Fla.), Rachel Elise Rodgers (Orlando, Fla.), Jason Arthur Gill (Pittsburgh), Sam James Deane (Pittsburgh), Eric James Biel (Glenshaw, Pa.) and Charles Edward Greene (Butler, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the disclosure relate to methods, apparatus, and systems for mitigating signal attenuation at a body-worn device transmitting a radio signal. An antenna structure for the body-worn device includes ...