ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,771,039, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to FRIEDRICH-ALEXANDER-UNIVERSITAT ERLANGEN-NURNBERG (Erlangen, Germany).
"Antenna structure" was invented by Mark Sippel (Furth, Germany), Gerald Gold (Erlangen, Germany), Andreas Hofmann (Erlangen, Germany) and Konstantin Lomakin (Erlangen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an antenna structure comprising a waveguide, with the waveguide comprising a guide element for guiding waves and with a termination structure protruding away from the guide element being provided adjacent to the latter."
The patent was filed on May 23, 2023, under Application No. 18/869,...