ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,388,471, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Radio-frequency module and communication device" was invented by Yukiya Yamaguchi (Kyoto, Japan), Shogo Yanase (Kyoto, Japan), Yuto Aoki (Kyoto, Japan) and Takanori Uejima (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A radio-frequency module includes a module substrate having main surfaces facing each other, a transmission filter that has a bottom surface and a top surface facing each other and passes a radio-frequency signal, and an external connection terminal disposed on the main surface. The bottom surface faces the main surface and is disposed...