ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,732,153, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

"Acoustic wave device" was invented by Takashi Yamane (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Patrick Turner (Portola Valley, Calif.), Ventsislav Yantchev (Sofia, Bulgaria), Bryant Garcia (Mississaugna, Canada) and Robert B. Hammond (Rockville, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An acoustic wave device is provided that includes a support substrate including top and bottom surfaces and a cavity or air gap, a piezoelectric layer supported by the support substrate and including top and bottom surfaces, and an electrode on a surface of the piezoelectric layer and inc...