ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,347,624, issued on July 1, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Multilayer capacitor having internal electrodes including an alloy" was invented by Soo Jeong Jo (Suwon-si, South Korea), Dae Hee Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyo Jin Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Jong Ho Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multilayer capacitor includes a body including a dielectric layer and a plurality of internal electrodes stacked with the dielectric layer interposed therebetween and including a first conductive metal and external electrodes disposed on an external surface of the body and i...