ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,226, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to SCIOCS COMPANY Ltd. (Baraki, Japan) and Sumitomo Chemical Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Laminated substrate with piezoelectric thin film, piezoelectric thin film element and method for manufacturing this element" was invented by Kenji Shibata (Ibaraki, Japan), Kazutoshi Watanabe (Ibaraki, Japan) and Fumimasa Horikiri (Ibaraki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a laminated substrate with a piezoelectric thin film, comprising: a substrate; an electrode film formed on the substrate; and a piezoelectric thin film formed on the electrode film, wherein the piezoelectric thin film is made of...