ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,249,459, issued on March 11, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Multilayer ceramic capacitor" was invented by Satoshi Yokomizo (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Toshihiro Harada (Nagaokakyo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a laminate and an external electrode connected to the internal electrode layer. The laminate includes a central layer portion in which an internal electrode layer and a dielectric ceramic layer are alternately laminated, and a covering portion covering an outer surface of the central layer portion in the lamination direction and the width direction. A regi...