ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,604,780, issued on April 14, was assigned to Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Radio frequency module and communication device" 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) and Masayuki Aoike (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A radio frequency module includes a module substrate having major surfaces that face each other, a first base part that is at least partially comprised of a first semicond...