ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,269, issued on July 14, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Electronic device with sheet metal antenna" was invented by Killian J Poore (San Jose, Calif.), Jiangfeng Wu (San Jose, Calif.), Mei-Li Chi (San Jose, Calif.), Jason C Sauers (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Siwen Yong (San Francisco) and Yi Jiang (Cupertino, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device may have first and second rear-facing displays, a front-facing display, a cover at a front side overlapping the front-facing display, and an antenna that radiates through the cover. The antenna may be formed from sheet metal. The antenna may have a resonating e...