ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,712,264, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to AUO Corp. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Antenna device" was invented by Ching-Lang Hung (Hsinchu, Taiwan) and Chia-Wei Kuo (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An antenna device includes an antenna array substrate. The antenna array substrate includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer and a plurality of antenna units. The liquid crystal layer is located between the first substrate and the second substrate. Each antenna unit includes at least four first antenna electrodes and a second antenna electrode. The first antenna electrodes are separated from each other and l...