ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,719,433, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Acoustic wave device and method for manufacturing acoustic wave device" was invented by Kazunori Inoue (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Katsumi Suzuki (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An acoustic wave device includes a support including a support substrate and an intermediate layer, a piezoelectric layer on or over the intermediate layer and including a through-hole, a functional electrode on the piezoelectric layer, and a hollow portion in the support substrate and the intermediate layer. At least a portion of the functional electrode over...