ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,657,574, issued on June 16, was assigned to LEDGER (Paris).

"Slotted antenna comprising an electrode radiofrequency signal injector and device comprising such an antenna" was invented by Anthony Michael Fadell (Paris), Andrew David Lauder (Oxford, Great Britain), David John Tupman (Huntington Beach, Calif.) and Dean Darnell (Chapel Hill, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device comprising a chassis receiving a closed-slot antenna comprising a longitudinal port made in and through a side wall of the chassis. The antenna comprises a radio frequency signal injector comprising two substantially parallel flat electrodes, the f...