ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,469,824, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Integrated circuit and radio-frequency module" was invented by Yukiya Yamaguchi (Kyoto, Japan), Takanori Uejima (Kyoto, Japan), Motoji Tsuda (Kyoto, Japan), Yuji Takematsu (Kyoto, Japan), Shunji Yoshimi (Kyoto, Japan), Satoshi Arayashiki (Kyoto, Japan), Mitsunori Samata (Kyoto, Japan), Satoshi Goto (Kyoto, Japan), Yutaka Sasaki (Kyoto, Japan) and Masayuki Aoike (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An integrated circuit includes a first base that has at least a part formed of a first semiconductor material and that includes an electric circu...