ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,400,794, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Ceramic electronic component" was invented by Jin Soo Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jong Ho Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Kang Ha Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Yoon A Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Eui Hyun Jo (Suwon-si, South Korea), Myung Jun Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyun Hee Gu (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Woo Kyung Sung (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ceramic electronic component, includes: a body including a dielectric layer and first and second internal electrodes, the body having first and second surfac...