ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,476,028, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to ROHM Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Resistor" was invented by Kosaku Tanaka (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A resistor includes a first insulator, a resistive body, a second insulator, a pair of electrodes, and a covering body. The first insulator has a first obverse surface facing in a thickness direction thereof. The resistive body is provided on the first obverse surface. The second insulator covers the resistive body. The pair of electrodes are electrically connected to the resistive body at both sides in a first direction perpendicular to the thickness direction. The covering body ...