ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,609,739, issued on April 21, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for transmitting radio frequency signals" was invented by Hailong Yang (San Francisco), Lijie Zhang (Beijing), Kexin Ma (San Diego) and Peng Xiao (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One or more antennas of an electronic device are selected to transmit wireless signals based at least in part on maximum transmitted power limits (MTPLs) associated with the antennas. The one or more antennas may also be selected based on signal characteristic values, efficiency values, or both signal characteristic values and efficiency values."

The pate...