ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,283,761, issued on April 22, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

"Antenna module and communication device including the same" was invented by Kota Arai (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Ryo Komura (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Kaoru Sudo (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Hisao Hayafuji (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Hirotsugu Mori (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An antenna module includes a dielectric substrate, in or on which a feed element is formed, a dielectric substrate, in which a ground electrode (GND) is formed, and conductive members. The dielectric substrate is disposed opposite the dielectric substrate. When viewed in pl...