ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,438,261, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Antenna element, electronic device, and method for manufacturing antenna element" was invented by Nobuo Ikemoto (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Kosuke Nishio (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Kaoru Sudo (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Keiichi Ichikawa (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Nobuyuki Tenno (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An antenna element includes a first opening including an annular outer boundary in an antenna conductor layer. A first insulative substrate non-forming region is provided between an insulative substrate and the antenna conductor layer in an up-down d...