ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,218,437, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Antenna module and communication apparatus equipped with the same" was invented by Kaoru Sudo (Kyoto, Japan), Kengo Onaka (Kyoto, Japan) and Hirotsugu Mori (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An antenna module includes a dielectric substrate having a multilayer structure, a power supply element and a ground electrode (GND) disposed in or on the dielectric substrate, a parasitic element, a power supply wiring line, and first and second stubs to be connected to the power supply wiring line. The parasitic element is disposed in a layer between ...