ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,470,244, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Vorbeck Materials Corp. (Jessup, Md.).

"Modular communications system with dynamically positionable antenna elements" was invented by Sriram Manivannan (Baltimore), James Brent (Burlington, Vt.), Josh Desportes (Jessup, Md.), James Turney (Silver Spring, Md.), Alison Bakersville (Jessup, Md.) and Can Gun Yaprak (Halethorpe, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A modular communications system having dynamically positionable non-metallic antenna elements is disclosed. The system includes an apparel item with a surface and a foam layer positioned therein. Landing pads are each uniquely positioned on...