ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,437,928, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to KYOCERA Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Multilayer ceramic electronic component and method for manufacturing multilayer ceramic electronic component" was invented by Hisashi Sato (Kirishima, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes a base component, a first external electrode, a second external electrode, and a protective layer. The base component includes ceramic layers and internal electrode layers alternately stacked on one another and includes a first surface, a second surface, a first end face, a second end face, a first side surface, and a second side s...