ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,671,170, issued on June 30, was assigned to QUALCOMM Inc. (San Diego).

"Multi-band antenna support" was invented by Jorge Fabrega Sanchez (San Diego), Chinmaya Mishra (San Diego), Darryl Sheldon Jessie (San Diego), Bhushan Shanti Asuri (San Diego), Allen Minh-Triet Tran (Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.), Mohammad Ali Tassoudji (San Diego), Jeongil Jay Kim (San Diego), Gurkanwal Singh Sahota (Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.) and Kevin Hsi-Huai Wang (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of transducing signals includes: transducing first signals, of frequencies above at least 24 GHz, between first wireless signals and first guided signals, usi...