ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,537,286, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

"RFID module" was invented by Kengo Matsumoto (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An RFID module is provided that includes a substrate; first and second land electrodes on a first main surface of the substrate; an RFIC chip having terminals connected to the first and second land electrodes; a coil conductor on the first main surface of the substrate; and a first electrode within the substrate. The first electrode faces the second land electrode to form a capacitance pattern and is connected to the first land electrode via a first ...