ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,374,500, issued on July 29, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Multilayer electronic component" was invented by Seok Hyun Yoon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyung Soon Kwon (Suwon-si, South Korea), In Ho Jeon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Byung Ho Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Mi Yang Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multilayer electronic component includes a body including a dielectric layer and an internal electrode; and an external electrode disposed on the body, wherein the dielectric layer includes a rare earth element, a secondary phase of the rare earth element and a die...