ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,301,197, issued on May 13, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Filter circuit and power supply device including the same" was invented by Atsushi Toujo (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A filter circuit includes a coil component, an inductor, and a capacitor. In the coil component, a first coil and a second coil are magnetically coupled. The inductor is electrically connected to a first end of the first coil and a second end of the second coil and is connected in parallel to the coil component. The capacitor is electrically connected between a ground electrode and an electrode electrically conne...