ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,771,309, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Acoustic wave device including multi-component protective film" was invented by Toru Yamaji (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Sunao Yamazaki (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Hiroya Suzuki (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An acoustic wave device includes a piezoelectric layer, at least one pair of electrodes, and a protective film. The piezoelectric layer includes first and second major surfaces opposing each other in a first direction. The at least one pair of electrodes are on at least one of the first and second major surfaces. The protective film cov...