ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,598, issued on May 26, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Nagaokakyo, Japan).
"Filter having a base and a support portion on the base" was invented by Masaru Banju (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Shusuke Yokota (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Takashi Kondo (Nagaokakyo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A filter that includes: a filter base portion having a first main surface and a second main surface opposite to the first main surface, the filter base defining a plurality of through-holes communicating between the first main surface and the second main surface; and a support portion on the filter base portion, wherein the support portion ...