ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,525,400, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Composite electronic component" was invented by Dae Heon Jeong (Suwon-si, South Korea), Soo Hwan Son (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Young Ghyu Ahn (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composite electronic component includes a body including a dielectric layer and first and second internal electrodes and including first and second surfaces opposing each other in the first direction, third and fourth surfaces opposing each other in a second direction, and fifth and sixth surfaces opposing each other in a third direction,...