ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,597,907, issued on April 7, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Acoustic wave device including multiple regions with multiple acoustic velocities" was invented by Masayuki Ishitaki (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Noriyoshi Ota (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An interdigital transducer electrode that is provided on a piezoelectric film includes a first busbar, a second busbar, multiple first electrode fingers, and multiple second electrode fingers. The first electrode fingers and the second electrode fingers overlap in a region in a direction in which an acoustic wave propagates, and the region include...