ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,363,821, issued on July 15, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Circuit module" was invented by Ryota Sato (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Motohiko Kusunoki (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Tadashi Nomura (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To provide circuit module capable of shielding electromagnetic wave passing not only on side of electronic component but also below electronic component. Circuit module according to present disclosure includes main board, one first electronic component mounted on main board, and submodule mounted on main board. Submodule includes sub board, and second electronic component. Sub boa...