ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,224,127, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Multilayer electronic component" was invented by Chung Yeol Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Yoo Jeong Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyung Jong Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea), Kwang Yeun Won (Suwon-si, South Korea), So Jung An (Suwon-si, South Korea), Woo Kyung Sung (Suwon-si, South Korea), Kang Ha Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Myung Jun Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jong Ho Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Jun Hyeong Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic component includes a body including a dielectric layer ...