ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,562,501, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to SWISSto12 SA (Renens, Switzerland).

"Dual-polarization antenna" was invented by Esteban Menargues Gomez (Preverenges, Switzerland), Lionel Simon (Lausanne, Switzerland) and Santiago Capdevila Cascante (Renens, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Dual-polarized antenna, including several antenna elements arranged in cell units. Each cell unit includes four antenna elements and two 1-to-4 junctions, a first of the two junctions being associated with a first polarization and a second of the two junctions being associated with a second polarization. The antenna also includes an array of divi...