ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,605, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY (Espoo, Finland).

"Apparatus comprising a carrier" was invented by Dirk Wiegner (Schwaikheim, Germany), Wolfgang Templ (Sersheim, Germany) and Senad Bulja (Dublin).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus comprising a first carrier and a plurality of electrically conductive elements arranged on the first carrier, wherein the apparatus is configured to selectively activate and/or deactivate at least one of the plurality of electrically conductive elements."

The patent was filed on May 20, 2021, under Application No. 18/000,356.

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