ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,130, issued on May 6, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Module including a grooved shield film" was invented by Tetsuya Oda (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A module includes a substrate including a first surface, a first component mounted on the first surface, at least a part of a surface of which on a side distant from the substrate is covered with a first conductive film, a sealing resin arranged to cover the first surface and the first component, and a shield film that covers at least a part of a surface of the sealing resin on the side distant from the substrate. The shield film incl...