ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,374,491, issued on July 29, was assigned to SAMHWA CAPACITOR Co. LTD. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Dielectric ceramic composition for multi-layer ceramic capacitor for use in extreme environments" was invented by Young Joo Oh (Yongin-si, South Korea), Jung Rag Yoon (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Chang Ho Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dielectric ceramic composition for multi-layer ceramic capacitor for use in extreme environments is formed by mixing a main compos it ion and a composite oxide for low-temperature sintering, where the main composition includes 96.0 to 99.0 wt. % of BaTiO3 and 1.0 to 4.0 wt. % of Nb...