ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,525,388, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Coil component" was invented by Ji Hoon Hwang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Myoung Ki Shin (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Jeong Gu Yeo (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coil component includes a body having a first surface and including first and second recessed-cutout portions spaced apart from each other on the first surface of the body, a support substrate, a coil unit disposed on the support substrate to be perpendicularly to the first surface of the body, and first and second external electrodes spaced apart from ea...