ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,586,918, issued on March 24, was assigned to AGC GLASS EUROPE (Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium).
"Communications assembly and associated method" was invented by Xavier Dardenne (Grez-Doiceau, Belgium) and Mohsen Yousefbeiki (Gosselies, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A communications assembly including a glazing panel and at least one antenna designed to receive and transmit electromagnetic waves at a working frequency between 400 MHz and 70 GHz; the glazing panel having an external surface and an internal surface facing the antenna. The communication assembly includes a metasurface placed between the antenna and the external surface; ...