ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,411, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Kyoto-fu, Japan).

"Ferrite ceramic composition and coil component" was invented by Kazutoshi Sugii (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Takashi Sakai (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ferrite ceramic composition includes, as main components, from 27.0 mol % to 41.0 mol % of Fe in terms of Fe2O3, from 16.0 mol % to 24.0 mol % of Ni in terms of NiO, from 23.0 mol % to 37.0 mol % of Zn in terms of ZnO, from 5.0 mol % to 9.0 mol % of Cu in terms of CuO, and from 4.0 mol % to 14.0 mol % of Si in terms of SiO2, and as sub-components, relative to 100 parts by mass o...