ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,651,839, issued on June 9, was assigned to Motorola Mobility LLC (Chicago).

"Low-profile patch antenna stacked with second antenna/coil and used for satellite communication" was invented by Junsheng Zhao (Vernon Hills, Ill.), Xuyuan Pan (Chicago), Md Faisal Abedin (Lake Bluff, Ill.) and Mohammed Abdul-Gaffoor (Palatine, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An antenna assembly includes a patch antenna configured to communicate with a communication satellite and a second antenna or coil configured for radio frequency (RF) transceiving attached on top of the patch antenna in a stacked configuration. The patch antenna includes (i) a ground pla...