ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,567,668, issued on March 3, was assigned to City University of Hong Kong (Kowloon, Hong Kong).

"Ultra-broadband loop antenna for wireless communication and energy transceiver" was invented by Hang Wong (Kowloon, Hong Kong) and Bing Xiao (Kowloon, Hong Kong).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A loop antenna, which contains a loop portion that extends along a virtual closed shape. The loop portion is opened-ended and have two ends that are separated by a gap. The loop antenna further includes a first equivalent capacitive coupling element (eCCE) that is at least partially adjacent to the gap. The first eCCE is connected to the loop portion near...