ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,412,988, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

"Antenna module and communication device mounted with same" was invented by Kaoru Sudo (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An antenna module includes a dielectric substrate that has an upper surface and a lower surface; radiating elements that have a flat-plate shape; and dielectric layers. The radiating elements are arranged in the dielectric substrate and can radiate respective radio waves in mutually-different frequency bands. The dielectric layer is arranged in a manner to cover a first region in which the radiating element i...