ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,719,173, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to City University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong, Hong Kong).

"Multi-slot antenna and low-profile phased array antenna using the same" was invented by Kwok Wa Leung (Hong Kong, Hong Kong), Zhili Su (Hong Kong, Hong Kong) and Kai Lu (Guangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-slot antenna includes a ground plane, a driven slot, a first parasitic slot, a second parasitic slot, a third parasitic slot, and a fourth parasitic slot. The driven slot is positioned on the ground plane and extends along a first direction. The first, second, third, fourth parasitic slots are positioned on the ground p...