ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,712,261, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to YOKOWO Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Antenna device" was invented by Bunpei Hara (Gunma, Japan), Yusuke Yokota (Gunma, Japan) and Kazuki Yamada (Gunma, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An antenna device includes: an antenna housing in which a hollow portion is formed; an antenna located inside the antenna housing and configured to perform at least one of transmission and reception of electric waves; and a scatterer configured to scatter the electric waves propagating through the hollow portion at a predetermined position of the antenna housing."

The patent was filed on March 31, 2023, under Applicati...