ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,633,893, issued on May 19, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Filter and multiplexer" was invented by Toshiaki Takata (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A filter includes a substrate including a piezoelectric layer, and first and second signal electrodes, a filter circuit on a first path connecting the first signal electrode and the second signal electrode, and an additional circuit on a second path connected in parallel with at least a portion of the first path. The filter circuit includes one or more resonators and a main wiring line on the substrate, and the additional circuit includes a sub-w...