ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,603,439, issued on April 14, was assigned to Magna Electronics LLC (Southfield, Mich.).

"Waveguides and waveguide sensors with signal-improving grooves and/or slots" was invented by Scott B. Doyle (Sudbury, Mass.), Angelos Alexanian (Lexington, Mass.) and Konstantinos Konstantinidis (Schweinfurt, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Waveguide and/or antenna structures for use in RADAR sensor assemblies and the like. In some embodiments, the assembly may comprise a waveguide block comprising a first surface on a first side of the waveguide block and a second surface on a second side of the waveguide block opposite the first side. One o...