ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,375,186, issued on July 29, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Multiplexer" was invented by Yasumasa Taniguchi (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multiplexer includes a common terminal, first and second transmit filters, and a first receive filter connected to the common terminal and each including resonators, a relationship Tx1cgreater thanRx1cgreater thanTx2c is satisfied, where Tx1c, Tx2c, and Rx1c denote center frequencies of pass bands Tx1, Tx2, and Tx3 of the first and second transmit filters and the first receive filter, respectively, a resonator closest to the common terminal in the fi...