ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,637, issued on July 14, was assigned to HTC Corp. (Taoyuan City, Taiwan).

"Communication device and communication method" was invented by Chun-Yih Wu (Taoyuan City, Taiwan), Ta-Chun Pu (Taoyuan City, Taiwan) and Yen-Liang Kuo (Taoyuan City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A communication device includes a frequency boost module, an antenna element, an electrode element, and a baseband signal processor. The antenna element is coupled to the frequency boost module. The baseband signal processor includes a signal generator, a controller, and a switch element. The signal generator generates an RF (Radio Frequency) signal. The signa...