ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,412,700, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Multilayer ceramic capacitor" was invented by Takashi Ohara (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Hideyasu Onishi (Nagaokakyo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a multilayer body including dielectric layers made of ceramic and stacked together, and inner electrodes arranged along interfaces between the dielectric layers with each inner electrode extending along a respective interface. The inner electrodes include at least one of CuTiO3, CoTiO3, or CrTiO3, and a conductive metal that is preferably copper."
The patent w...