ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,308,824, issued on May 20, was assigned to Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

"Resonator circuit using an inverter to adjust anti-resonance frequency" was invented by Douglas Jachowski (Santa Cruz, Calif.) and Gregory L. Hey-Shipton (Santa Barbara, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Networks and filters are disclosed. A network includes a resonator that exhibits both a resonance and an anti-resonance and an inverter circuit connected in parallel with the resonator to form a composite resonator. An anti-resonant frequency of the composite resonator is different from the resonator's anti-resonant frequency."

The patent ...