ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,596,102, issued on April 7, was assigned to Qorvo US Inc. (Greensboro, N.C.).

"Resonator structure for mass sensing" was invented by James Webster (Minnetonka, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solid mount resonator sensor has a substrate. An anti-reflector stack is disposed proximate the substrate. The anti-reflector stack includes one or more acoustic interference layers. A first electrode is disposed proximate the anti-reflector stack. A second electrode having a first surface facing towards the first electrode and an opposing second surface facing away from the first electrode. A substantially quarter-wave piezoelectric material...