ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,695,440, issued on July 28, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Acoustic wave device" was invented by Sho Nagatomo (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An acoustic wave device includes first and second acoustic wave resonators, each including a piezoelectric layer and a functional electrode, and an acoustic coupling layer laminated between the piezoelectric layer of each of the first and second acoustic wave resonators. Each of the functional electrodes of the first and second acoustic wave resonators includes at least one pair of electrode fingers. In each of the first and second acoustic wave res...