US Patent Issued to Brown University, William Marsh Rice University on March 24 for "Location information from a receiver in a wireless network" (Rhode Island, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,586,916, issued on March 24, was assigned to Brown University (Providence, R.I.) and William Marsh Rice University (Houston).

"Location information from a receiver in a wireless network" was invented by Daniel Mittleman (Providence, R.I.) and Edward Knightly (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-frequency wireless access device including a first waveguide having a pair of parallel metal plates with open sides and a slot in one of the metal plates, the slot permitting radiation to leak out, the leaked radiation illuminating a range of angles depending on frequency."

The patent was filed on July 17, 2024, under Application No. ...