ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,627,019, issued on May 12, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Filter device and radio-frequency front-end circuit equipped with the same" was invented by Takashi Nihei (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A filter device includes an input terminal, an output terminal, a shield conductor, and a resonant circuit including at least one resonator, and inductors. A first inductor connects the input terminal and the shield conductor. A second inductor connects the output terminal and the shield conductor. The input terminal and the output terminal are capacitively coupled to the resonant circuit."

The p...