ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,451,573, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto-Fu, Japan).

"Dielectric filter" was invented by Tatsunori Kan (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A filter device includes a stack body, plate electrodes, resonators, and shield conductors. The plate electrodes are disposed inside the stack body apart from each other in the stacking direction. The resonators are disposed between the plate electrodes and extend in the Y-axis direction. The shield conductors are disposed on the side surfaces of the stack body, respectively. The shield conductors are connected to the plate electrodes. The resonato...