ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,542,534, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Filter device, multiplexer, high frequency front end circuit, and communication apparatus" was invented by Toshiaki Takata (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A filter device includes a filter circuit including series-arm resonators and series-arm-resonator connecting wires, and an additional circuit including a resonator including first and second interdigital transducer electrodes, first and second capacitors connected between the first and second interdigital transducer electrodes and the filter circuit, and first and second I-C conn...