ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,360, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Merry Electronics(Shenzhen) Co. Ltd. (ShenZhen, China).

"Directional MEMS microphone" was invented by Yueh-Kang Lee (Taichung, Taiwan), Hua-Ju Shih (Taichung, Taiwan) and Jia Yin Wu (Taichung, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A directional microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) microphone, including a first layer, a second layer, and a third layer stacked in sequence and multiple adhesive members formed between the first layer, the second layer, and the third layer, is provided. The adhesive members include an outer adhesive member disposed surrounding a periphery of the first layer, the se...