ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,217,913, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to ROHM Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Chip parts" was invented by Keisuke Fukae (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a chip part. The chip part includes a substrate, a capacitor portion and a substrate body portion. The capacitor portion includes a plurality of wall portions having a lengthwise direction and separated from each other by a trench formed on a first main surface of the substrate. The substrate body portion is formed around the capacitor portion using a portion of the substrate. The plurality of wall portions are formed of a plurality of pillar units....