ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,506,251, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to LG INNOTEK Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Antenna module having a sub-antenna on a printed circuit board" was invented by Sang Ki Eun (Seoul, South Korea) and Jeong Hun Chang (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An antenna module comprises: a first printed circuit board including a circuit pattern; an IC chip disposed on the first printed circuit board; a solder part disposed on the first printed circuit board; a dielectric layer disposed on the first printed circuit board and surrounding the IC chip and the solder part; and an antenna patterned on the upper surface of the dielec...