ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,640,707, issued on May 26, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

"Radio-frequency module and communication device" was invented by Tomomi Yasuda (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Syunsuke Kido (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Masanori Kato (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Takanori Uejima (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Masanari Miura (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Naru Morito (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Yukiya Yamaguchi (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Takuma Kuroyanagi (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Yuuki Fukuda (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A radio-frequency module includes a module substrate having main surfaces opposite to each other, a hybrid filter having a first aco...