ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,315,680, issued on May 27, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Multilayer ceramic electronic component" was invented by Ken Tominaga (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Satoshi Muramatsu (Nagaokakyo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes a multilayer body including ceramic layers that are laminated, first and second internal electrode layers respectively on the ceramic layers and exposed to first and second end surfaces, first and second external electrodes respectively connected to the first and second internal electrode layers. The first and second external electrodes inc...