ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,425,001, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Acoustic wave device and ladder filter" was invented by Katsuya Daimon (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Sho Nagatomo (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an acoustic wave device, a piezoelectric layer is provided directly or indirectly on a support substrate, an IDT electrode is provided on the piezoelectric layer, an overlap region includes a middle region and first and second edge regions, and first and second conductive layers are provided on a second main surface of the piezoelectric layer to overlap at least some portions of the first...