ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,671,446, issued on June 30, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

"Radio-frequency module and communication device" was invented by Reiji Nakajima (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Hiroyuki Kani (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Morio Takeuchi (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A radio-frequency module includes a module substrate having first and second major surfaces, a transmit filter disposed at the module substrate, a duplexer that is disposed at the module substrate and that includes a transmit filter and a receive filter, an antenna switch to selectively couple the transmit filter or the duplexer, and a switch ...