ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,532,407, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto-Fu, Japan).

"Electronic component" was invented by Ikuo Deguchi (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic component is an electronic component including a first surface, wherein a marking formed by a collection of a plurality of dot-shaped recesses is formed in the first surface, an inner surface of each of the plurality of dot-shaped recesses is a curved surface, when viewed in a direction perpendicular to the first surface, an region internal to an outline of each of the plurality of dot-shaped recesses is entirely non-flat, the elect...