ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,394,679, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to KYOCERA Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Lid body, electronic component accommodation package, and electronic device" was invented by Takayuki Kimura (Omihachiman, Japan), Hisaki Masuda (Hikone, Japan), Yuko Tanaka (Kyoto, Japan), Takayuki Ohyama (Higashine, Japan), Yoshihiro Uemura (Moriyama, Japan) and Hiroyuki Miura (Helsinki).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lid body includes a base containing an alloy of iron and nickel, a first film positioned on a lower surface of the base and containing nickel, and a second film positioned on a lower surface of the first film and containing copper. During welding ...