ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,620,697, issued on May 5, was assigned to GALTRONICS USA INC. (Tempe, Ariz.).

"Ultrawideband hyperflat and mesh grid SISO/MIMO antenna" was invented by Abdolmehdi Dadgarpour (Kanata, Canada), Sadegh Farzaneh (Kanata, Canada), Farid Jolani (Kanata, Canada), Julie Love (Kanata, Canada), Jacob Van Beek (Kanata, Canada) and Brian Wixon (Salisbury, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultrawideband ultra-flat antenna and an ultrawideband ultra-flat transparent antenna which maintains visibility while functioning in surfaces without sacrificing antenna performance. The antenna, when mounted, appears substantially invisible and includes a mesh g...