ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,469,980, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION (Seoul, South Korea).

"Liquid crystal polarization antenna" was invented by Jungsuek Oh (Seoul, South Korea) and Byeongju Moon (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a liquid crystal polarization antenna including a plurality of unit cells arranged two-dimensionally in a first direction and a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and a conductive line configured to electrically connect to each other the unit cells arranged in the first direction of the plurality of unit cells."

The patent was filed on July 18, 2...