ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,700,676, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to YOKOWO Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Antenna device" was invented by Takeshi Sampo (Tomioka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An antenna device includes: a patch antenna; and a ground portion at which the patch antenna is disposed, the ground portion having an external form obtained by forming a cutout portion in a rectangle, the cutout portion overlapping with at least a part of the patch antenna, in side view. Further, a first center of the patch antenna is shifted toward a long side of the rectangle having the cutout portion formed therein, relative to a second center of the rectangle."

The patent w...