ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,732,259, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Microchip Technology Inc. (Chandler, Ariz.).

"Predictive beamforming antenna and method of controlling same" was invented by Duke Buckner (Panama City Beach, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus that includes a beamforming antenna is provided. The apparatus may include a predictive calculator processing unit to receive position information of one or more airborne receivers, determine future position information of the one or more airborne receivers as a function of time based on the received position information, and determine beamforming antenna parameters. The apparatus may includ...