ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,489,484, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

"Radio-frequency module and communication device" was invented by Hiromichi Kitajima (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Takanori Uejima (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Kiyoshi Aikawa (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Yoshihiro Daimon (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Takashi Yamada (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A radio-frequency module includes: plural electronic components that include plural bare SAW devices and that are disposed between a major surface of a module substrate and a major surface of a module substrate, on a major surface of the module substrate, and on a ma...