ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,489,202, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Mueller International LLC (Atlanta).

"Nozzle cap encapsulated antenna system" was invented by Daryl Lee Gibson (Chattanooga, Tenn.), William Mark O'Brien (Toronto), Andrew Wallace (Richmond Hill, Canada), David James Carlos Dunn (Limehouse, Canada), Spencer L. Webb (Windham, N.H.), Lian Jie Zhao (North York, Canada), Igor Gorban (Oakville, Canada) and Mohammad Hassan Sobhani (Burlington, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for manufacturing a nozzle cap, the method including attaching an antenna printed circuit board ("PCB") strip to an inner cover surface of an antenna cover; and inse...