ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,537,139, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Multilayer ceramic electronic component" was invented by Yasuhiro Mishima (Nagaokakyo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a multilayer body including ceramic layers and internal electrode layers, and external electrodes at both end surfaces of the multilayer body and each including a base electrode layer, a conductive resin layer on the base electrode layer, and a plated layer. The conductive resin layer includes an end-surface-side conductive resin layer portion on both end surfaces, and an adjacent conduc...