ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,283,426, issued on April 22, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Electronic component" was invented by Mina Hyun (Suwon-si, South Korea), Beomjoon Cho (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyeok Jin Park (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Won Young Jang (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic component according to an embodiment includes a multilayer capacitor, a frame terminal, and a conductive bonding portion. An area in which the conductive bonding portion contacts the frame terminal is larger than an area in which it contacts with the external electrode."

The patent was filed on Nov. 1...