ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,362,101, issued on July 15, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Method of manufacturing multilayer ceramic capacitor" was invented by Satoshi Yokomizo (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Shinobu Chikuma (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Yohei Mukobata (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of manufacturing a multilayer ceramic capacitor includes alternately laminating dielectric layers and internal electrode layers to manufacture a multilayer body, forming an external electrode connected with the internal electrode layers on each of two end surfaces of the multilayer body to manufacture a capacitor main body, connec...