ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,266, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Multilayer ceramic capacitor" was invented by Hideyuki Hashimoto (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Takehisa Sasabayashi (Nagaokakyo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a body including dielectric ceramic layers and inner electrode layers. The dielectric ceramic layers include crystal grains including a perovskite oxide including at least one A-site element and at least one B-site element. When a cross-section of the dielectric ceramic layers is observed using a scanning transmission electron microscope, the dielectri...