ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,388,412, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Acoustic wave device" was invented by Shou Nagatomo (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An acoustic wave device includes a piezoelectric film stacked directly on or indirectly above a support substrate; and an IDT electrode on the piezoelectric film and including an intersecting region in which first and second electrode fingers overlap with each other in an acoustic wave propagation direction, the intersecting region includes a central region in a direction in which the first and second electrode fingers extend and first and second e...