ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,689,351, issued on July 21, was assigned to KYOCERA Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Elastic wave device, communication device, and piezoelectric substrate" was invented by Tomio Kanazawa (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To improve frequency characteristics of an elastic wave device. The elastic wave device includes a piezoelectric body having a first surface and an electrode including an IDT electrode on the first surface. The piezoelectric body has a first end surface connected to the first surface, the first end surface being an end surface positioned on a first side in a first direction that is orthogonal to an extending direction ...