ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,308,171, issued on May 20, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Method for producing ceramic electronic component" was invented by Tetsuya Kisumi (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Yusuke Yokota (Nagaokakyo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for producing a ceramic electronic component includes providing an outer electrode, which includes forming a baked electrode layer by applying an electrically conductive paste including an electrically conductive metal and glass such that the electrically conductive paste covers an exposed portion of an inner electrode on a ceramic body and baking the applied electrically c...