ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,646,842, issued on June 2, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

"Antenna module and communication apparatus equipped with the same" was invented by Natsumi Minamitani (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An antenna module includes a dielectric substrate, first and second radiating electrodes, a ground electrode, and first and second dielectrics on a top part of the dielectric substrate. The second radiating electrode is smaller in size than the first radiating electrode and overlaps with the first radiating electrode in a plan view in a direction of a normal line of the dielectric substrate. The ...