ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,665,573, issued on June 23, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Acoustic wave filter and multiplexer" was invented by Akira Noguchi (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An acoustic wave filter includes a first filter circuit on a first path and an additional circuit connected to the first path. The first filter circuit includes a series arm resonator and a longitudinally coupled resonator. The longitudinally coupled resonator includes a first acoustic wave resonator and a first reflector. The additional circuit includes a second acoustic wave resonator on the opposite side of the first acoustic wav...