ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,347,623, issued on July 1, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Multilayer ceramic capacitor" was invented by Hisashi Nakahiro (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Ryo Nishimura (Nagaokakyo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a multilayer body including laminated dielectric layers and laminated internal electrode layers on the dielectric layers, and external electrodes connected to the internal electrode layers. The multilayer body further includes an inner layer portion, a first main surface-side outer layer portion, and a second main surface-side outer layer portion. At least one of...