ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,261,360, issued on March 25, was assigned to Viasat Inc. (Carlsbad, Calif.).

"Antenna array with dual-polarized parallel plate septum polarizer" was invented by Donald L Runyon (Duluth, Ga.), Matthew J. Miller (Flowery Branch, Ga.) and Jeremy D. Standridge (Hoschton, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, systems, and devices for a dual-polarized antenna array are described. An example antenna array may include a parallel plate polarizer that may include upper and lower plates. The antenna array may include stepped septums extending between the plates, each of the stepped septums having a first and second side surfaces, the stepped...