ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,627,319, issued on May 12, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Multiplexer" was invented by Norihiko Nakahashi (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multiplexer includes a common terminal, first and second input/output terminals, a filter connected between the common terminal and the first input/output terminals and having a pass band including a first frequency band, a filter that is connected between the common terminal and the second input/output terminal and having a pass band including a second frequency band lower than the first frequency band, and an additional circuit including a first end ...