ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,738,919, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Acoustic wave device" was invented by Tetsuya Kimura (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Katsumi Suzuki (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Toshimaro Yoneda (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Kazunori Inoue (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Naohiro Nodake (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Masakazu Mimura (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An acoustic wave device includes a support substrate having a thickness in a first direction, a piezoelectric layer on the support substrate, an interdigital transducer electrode on the piezoelectric layer and including first and second electrode fingers, the fir...