ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,381,037, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Multilayer ceramic capacitor" was invented by Takashi Degura (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Naobumi Ikegami (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a multilayer body including dielectric ceramic layers laminated in the lamination direction, first and second main surfaces opposed in the lamination direction, first and second lateral surfaces opposed in a width direction, first and second end surfaces opposed in a length direction, a pair of external electrodes. The dielectric ceramic layers each include at le...