ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,494,770, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS Corp. (Falls Church, Va.).

"Acoustic resonator filter system" was invented by Matthew S. Torpey (Ellicott City, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One example includes an acoustic resonator filter system. The system includes a plurality of filter blocks. Each of the filter blocks can include a plurality of tunable filter elements. Each of the tunable filter elements can include an acoustic resonator. The system also includes a switching network that receives a radio frequency (RF) input signal and provides a filtered RF output signal. The switching network can be configur...