ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,489,225, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

"Antenna module and communication apparatus equipped with the same" was invented by Kaoru Sudo (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Kengo Onaka (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Natsumi Minamitani (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Yoshiki Yamada (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An antenna module includes a dielectric substrate, radiating circuits disposed on the dielectric substrate, a ground electrode, and a dielectric layer. In a plan view in a direction of a normal line of the dielectric substrate, the radiating circuit is disposed adjacent to the radiating circuit...