ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,771,042, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY (Chiayi, Taiwan).

"Multifunctional reconfigurable reflectarray structure and control circuit having multifunctional reconfigurable reflectarray structure" was invented by Shih-Cheng Lin (Taitung County, Taiwan), Sheng-Fuh Chang (Chiayi County, Taiwan), Chia-Chan Chang (Chiayi City, Taiwan), Yuan-Chun Lin (Hsinchu County, Taiwan) and Ting-Hao Shih (Tainan, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multifunctional reconfigurable reflectarray structure (RRA) includes a radiation layer and a direct current bias layer. The radiation layer includes a first metal member, ...