ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,494,760, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Filter device, antenna device, and antenna module" was invented by Shinya Tachibana (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A filter device includes first and second terminals, a first inductor located between the first and second terminals, and an LC series resonator connected in parallel to the first inductor and including a first capacitor and a second inductor. The first and second inductors are magnetically coupled to each other. An inductance of the first inductor is smaller than an inductance of the second inductor."

The patent was ...