ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,347,928, issued on July 1, was assigned to Viavi Solutions Inc. (Chandler, Ariz.).

"Mitigation of intermodulation distortion in antenna monitoring devices" was invented by Thomas Sevilla (Miramar, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example antenna monitoring device according to the disclosed principles is provided with an intermodulation distortion mitigation component. An example intermodulation distortion mitigation component may include a backplate for the antenna monitoring device. The back plate may be made of a substance such as aluminum and may be relatively thin (e.g., in the order of 0.5 mm thickness). When the antenna receiv...