ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,572, issued on July 14, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Acoustic wave device" was invented by Minefumi Ouchi (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An acoustic wave device includes a support substrate, a piezoelectric layer, an energy confining layer, a first resonator, and a second resonator. The piezoelectric layer includes a first principal surface and includes lithium niobate or lithium tantalate. The energy confining layer is provided between the support substrate and the piezoelectric layer. Each of the first resonator and the second resonator includes at least one pair of a first elect...