ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,695,168, issued on July 28, was assigned to NGK INSULATORS Ltd. (Nagoya-City, Japan).

"Waveguide device including a waveguide member in an inorganic material substrate attached to a support substrate and with a low-loss dielectric portion" was invented by Kentaro Tani (Nagoya, Japan) and Jungo Kondo (Miyoshi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A waveguide device includes: a waveguide member capable of guiding an electromagnetic wave having a frequency of 30 GHz or more and 20 THz or less; a support substrate configured to support the waveguide member; and a low-dielectric constant portion. The waveguide member includes: an inorganic ma...