US Patent Issued to MURATA MANUFACTURING on Sept. 30 for "Multilayer ceramic electronic component" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,431,285, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Multilayer ceramic electronic component" was invented by Makoto Nishikori (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 and internal conductive layers and a pair of external electrodes on both ends of the multilayer body in a length direction. The internal conductive layers include first internal conductive layers and second internal conductive layers. The pair of external electrodes include a first external electrode including a first base electrode...