ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,374,493, issued on July 29, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Multilayer ceramic electronic component" was invented by Taek Jung Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sang Moon Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Chang Ho Seo (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hwi Dae Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Chul Seung Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes: a body including a dielectric layer and a plurality of internal electrodes stacked on each other having the dielectric layer interposed therebetween; and an external electrode disposed externally on the bod...