If we adopted Nikola Tesla' longitudinal wave propagation, this wouldn't be an issue. He heavily criticized the inefficient transverse wave propagation of Marconi and, ultimately, was recognized by USPTO as the inventor of radio.
But, with it also being the secret to wireless transmission of energy longitudinal wave propagation was engineered out of the public psyence curriculum through Heavyside' refactoring of Maxwell's original equations in quaternions (A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism (first edition), 1892).
Maxwell's first paper upon earning his graduate degree was "On Faraday's Lines of Force" in 1855.
When asked by a politician what the use of this work was, Faraday replied: “at present, I don’t know, but one day you will be able to tax them”