ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,294,405, issued on May 6, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Radio-frequency circuit, radio-frequency front-end circuit, and communication apparatus" was invented by Masakazu Tani (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a radio-frequency circuit, a first switch is connected to an antenna terminal. A second switch is connected to the first switch and is connected to the antenna terminal via the first switch. A first filter is connected to the first switch without having the second switch interposed therebetween and allows a radio-frequency signal of a first communication band to pass through the first f...