ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,562,603, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Electrostatic shield for wireless systems" was invented by Prudhvi Mohan Maddineni (Cupertino, Calif.) and Vijay G. Phadke (Cupertino, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The described shielding system comprises a first shield and a second shield. The first shield comprises a first plurality of conductive segments extending from a first location. The first plurality of conductive segments are separated from each other by a first plurality of gaps. The second shield comprises a second plurality of conductive segments extending from a second location. The second...