ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,542,363, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to ROGERS Corp. (Chandler, Ariz.).

"Miniaturized antenna" was invented by Shailesh Pandey (Woburn, Mass.), Yajie Chen (Brighton, Mass.), Lance Young (Shrewsbury, Mass.), Kristi Pance (Auburndale, Mass.) and Lori Brock (Ipswich, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An antenna includes a substrate and an electromagnetic, EM, radiator. The substrate includes a magnetodielectric material. The EM radiator includes an electrically conductive material disposed on an upper surface of the substrate. The EM radiator further includes a root, and a pair of forks that are contiguous with and extend from the root...