ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,301,205, issued on May 13, was assigned to QXONIX Inc. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Bulk acoustic wave (BAW) reflector and resonator structures, devices and systems" was invented by Dariusz Burak (Fort Colins, Colo.), Kevin J. Grannen (Thornton, Colo.) and Jack Lenell (Fort Collins, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques for improving Bulk Acoustic Wave (BAW) reflector and resonator structures are disclosed, including filters, oscillators and systems that may include such devices. First and second layers of piezoelectric material may be acoustically coupled with one another to have a piezoelectrically excitable resonance mode. The first l...