ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,725,938, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to YOKOWO Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Antenna device" was invented by Takayuki Sone (Tomioka, Japan) and Seiya Hiroki (Tomioka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An antenna device includes: a first planar antenna for a linearly polarized wave, the first planar antenna including a first feeding portion; and a second planar antenna for a linearly polarized wave, the second planar antenna including a second feeding portion that overlaps the first feeding portion in a plan view when viewed in a direction perpendicular to a predetermined surface of the first planar antenna, wherein the linearly polarized wav...