ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,255, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Kyoto-fu, Japan).

"Inductor component and resin sealing body" was invented by Yoshimasa Yoshioka (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inductor component includes a main body including a magnetic layer, an inductor wire provided in the main body, at least one first electrode wire provided in the main body and in contact with the inductor wire and extending from its contact portion toward a first main surface of the main body, and at least one second electrode wire provided in the main body and in contact with the inductor wire and extending from its...