ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,712,280, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to ALPHA NETWORKS INC. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Planar antenna" was invented by Chih-Yen Lin (Hsinchu, Taiwan) and Jia-Yan Lin (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A planar antenna is defined with a first axis having a first direction and a second direction opposite to the first direction and a second axis having a third direction and a fourth direction opposite to the third direction and includes a substrate having a surface on which a first radiation element, a first ground element, a second radiation element, and a second ground element are disposed. An end of a first main section of the ...