ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,513,467, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Skyworks Solutions Inc. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Acoustic resistance improvement in piezoelectric microelectromechanical system microphone using compliant joint" was invented by Siarhei Dmitrievich Barsukou (Takarazuka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A piezoelectric microelectromechanical system microphone comprises a support substrate, a cantilever sensing element including a piezoelectric material attached to the support substrate and configured to deform and generate an electrical potential responsive to impingement of sound waves on the cantilever sensing element the cantilever sensing elem...