ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,537,505, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Acoustic wave device" was invented by Tomoaki Tezuka (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Toru Takeshita (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Shinichi Fukuda (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An acoustic wave device includes a piezoelectric substrate including a first side defining a portion of an outer circumference, and a second side shorter than the first side, IDT electrodes on the piezoelectric substrate, a support including a cavity and on the piezoelectric substrate to surround the IDT electrodes with the cavity, first and second partitioning supports on...