US Patent Issued to Vorbeck Materials on Nov. 11 for "Self-organizing communications network nodes and systems" (Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,470,649, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Vorbeck Materials Corp. (Jessup, Md.).

"Self-organizing communications network nodes and systems" was invented by Dan F. Scheffer (Frederick, Md.), Sriram Manivannan (Baltimore), Keren Espina (Randallstown, Md.), Jennifer Pinkos (Hanover, Md.), Can Gun Yaprak (Halethorpe, Md.) and Alison Baskerville (Reisterstown, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A communications node includes an apparel item in the form of a backpack attachment that includes a panel, first and second arms extending therefrom. An antenna element and A/V hub may be affixed to an arm. The attachment may include a communications...