ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,444,819, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Transmission line and electronic device" was invented by Nobuo Ikemoto (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Noriaki Okuda (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Kosuke Nishio (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Keisuke Araki (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a transmission line, a multilayer body includes a hollow portion above a signal conductor layer and below a ground conductor layer and overlapping the ground conductor layer when viewed in an up-down direction, and a spacer facing the hollow portion. In a cross section orthogonal to a front-back direction, an overlapping...