ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,261,585, issued on March 25, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Elastic wave device and method for manufacturing the same" was invented by Yutaka Kishimoto (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An elastic wave device includes a piezoelectric layer including a first main surface and a second main surface facing the first main surface, an acoustically reflective layer stacked on the first main surface of the piezoelectric layer, an excitation electrode disposed on the piezoelectric layer, and a support layer. The acoustically reflective layer overlaps at least the excitation electrode in a plan view...