ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,507, issued on June 23, was assigned to Vaisala Oyj (Helsinki).

"Antenna for a radar apparatus" was invented by Reino Keranen (Espoo, Finland), Markus Berg (Kiiminki, Finland), Tommi Tuovinen (Tyrnava, Finland), Janne Junttila (Helsinki), Antti Kivijarvi (Helsinki), Jukka Sirola (Tampere, Finland) and Petri Hautaniemi (Jokela, Finland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An antenna assembly includes first and second feed antennas and a lens element. The first feed antenna is arranged to transmit outbound radio waves of a transmitter beam. The second feed antenna is arranged to capture a received RF signal. The lens element is arranged to c...