ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,115, issued on June 16, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Nagaokakyo, Japan).
"Filter" was invented by Masaru Banju (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Takashi Kondo (Nagaokakyo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A filter that includes: a filter base portion that has a first main surface and a second main surface opposite from the first main surface and that defines a plurality of through-holes extending between the first main surface and the second main surface; and a first protrusion and a second protrusion between a first set of two adjacent through-holes of the plurality of through-holes, the first protrusion and the second p...