ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,374,768, issued on July 29, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Signal transmission line" was invented by Nobuo Ikemoto (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Kanto Iida (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A signal transmission line includes a signal region that includes a signal conductor layer and insulating base material layers, and a first ground region that includes a first ground conductor layer and insulating base material layers and is located above the signal region. The signal region is not fixed to the first ground region in a first section of a base. One or more first spacers are fixed to the signal ...