ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,412,973, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to CHENG UEI PRECISION INDUSTRY Co. LTD. (New Taipei, Taiwan).

"Wireless dongle" was invented by Lan-Yung Hsiao (New Taipei, Taiwan), Ping-Chun Lu (New Taipei, Taiwan) and Shao-Kai Sun (New Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wireless dongle includes a circuit board, a connector, a wireless module and a printed antenna. The circuit board has a first front edge, a first rear edge, a first left edge and a first right edge. The connector is disposed to a middle of a front of the circuit board. The wireless module is disposed to a middle area and a left area of the circuit board. The conn...