ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,341,494, issued on June 24, was assigned to RF360 Singapore Pte. Ltd. (Republic Plaza, Singapore).

"Electro acoustic filter component and method of manufacturing to reduce influence of chipping" was invented by Thomas Kauschke (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electro acoustic filter component with improved acoustic and/or electro acoustic performance is provided. The component comprises a piezoelectric material (PM) the sides of which are plane and preferably free from chipping defects. The piezoelectric material may be arranged above a carrier substrate (CS). A functional layer (FL) with plane sides may be arranged above an ele...