ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,647,089, issued on June 2, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Filter device and radio frequency front end circuit" was invented by Masayuki Kikuda (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A filter device includes input and output terminals, first and second ground electrodes opposed to each other, and a resonator connected to one of the input and output terminals. The resonator includes a third ground electrode, and first, second, and third resonant portions. The third ground electrode is between and connected to the first and second ground electrodes. The first resonant portion is between the first an...