ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,744,507, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Acoustic wave device" was invented by Katsuya Daimon (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Akihiro Iyama (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An acoustic wave device includes a piezoelectric substrate including a support that includes a support substrate, and a piezoelectric layer located on the support, a functional electrode located on the piezoelectric layer and including at least one pair of electrode fingers, and a dielectric film located on the piezoelectric layer to cover the at least one pair of electrode fingers. An acoustic reflection po...