ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,696,383, issued on July 28, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"Flexible wiring board, manufacturing method, electronic module, electronic unit, and electronic apparatus" was invented by Toshiyuki Yoshida (Kanagawa, Japan) and Yu Ogawa (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flexible wiring board includes a signal line that transmits a signal and an electroconductive layer that is disposed to face the signal line, wherein the electroconductive layer includes a first portion in which a plurality of openings are provided, and a linear second portion that is formed in at least one of the plurality of openings, that has, at one end thereof,...