ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,597,687, issued on April 7, was assigned to Beijing BOE Sensor Technology Co. Ltd. (Beijing) and BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP Co. LTD. (Beijing).

"Phase shifter, antenna, and electronic apparatus" was invented by Yi Ding (Beijing), Yifeng Qin (Beijing), Hailong Lian (Beijing), Feng Qu (Beijing) and Chuncheng Che (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A phase shifter, including: first and second substrates opposite to each other; an adjustable dielectric layer and a plurality of pillar supports between the first and second substrates; first and second conductive layers on sides of first and second substrates close to the adjustable dielectric la...