ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,696,434, issued on July 28, was assigned to Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Kyoto-fu, Japan).

"Module" was invented by Yoshihito Otsubo (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Morio Takeuchi (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A module includes: a first substrate having a first surface and a second surface facing opposite sides; and a second substrate having a third surface and a fourth surface facing opposite sides, wherein the second substrate is disposed to overlap the first substrate with the third surface facing the first substrate, while being spaced apart from the first substrate on the second surface side of the first substrate, the...