ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,706,396, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to EAGLE TECHNOLOGY LLC (Melbourne, Fla.).

"Communications device with conductive Sinusoidal element and related antennas and methods" was invented by Francis E. Parsche (Palm Bay, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A communications device may include an RF device, and a circular cylindrical antenna coupled to the RF device. The circular cylindrical antenna may include a conductive ground plane, a conductive feed associated with the conductive ground plane, and a conductive sinusoidal element coupled to the conductive feed and extending outwardly from the conductive ground plane along a circular ...