ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,368,001, issued on July 22, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Electronic component" was invented by Younghun Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Beomjoon Cho (Suwon-si, South Korea), Gyeong Ju Song (Suwon-si, South Korea), Won Young Jang (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Jihong Jo (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic component includes a multilayer capacitor including a capacitor body including a dielectric layer and an internal electrode, and an external electrode disposed on one surface of the capacitor body, and a frame terminal having a supporting portion disposed on the ex...