ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,689,423, issued on July 21, was assigned to BELLANTENNA S.R.L. (Milan).

"Array antenna" was invented by Vito Levi D'ancona (Brookline, Mass.) and Richard Hammond Mayo (Brixham, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An array antenna of arbitrary shape configured to establish a communication link with a subscriber device based on a radio signal defined by a plurality of radio waves comprises a plurality of antenna elements (1a), a sensor and a control unit. Each antenna element (1a) is configured to transmit/receive a respective radio wave according to a respective set of working parameters and the sensor is configured to acquire at...