ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,542,528, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Acoustic wave device" was invented by Minefumi Ouchi (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An acoustic wave device includes a support, a piezoelectric layer including a first principal surface adjacent to the support and a second principal surface, a first IDT electrode on the first principal surface and including first and second electrode fingers, and a second IDT electrode on the second principal surface not overlapping the first IDT electrode in plan view and including first and second electrode fingers. When d is a thickness of piezo...