ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,620,711, issued on May 5, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

"Antenna module" was invented by Kaoru Sudo (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An antenna module includes a dielectric substrate, loop antennas, and power feeding wires that transmit high-frequency signals to the antennas. One loop antenna is positioned inside the loop of another in plan view from the winding axis direction. Each power feeding wire has a flat electrode and a via extending along the winding axis. The flat electrodes partially overlap with their respective loop antennas but not with others. At least one via connects to...