ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,334,263, issued on June 17, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Multilayer capacitor" was invented by Jin Woo Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jong Suk Jeong (Suwon-si, South Korea), Chun Hee Seo (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jeong Wook Seo (Suwon-si, South Korea), Dong Geon Yoo (Suwon-si, South Korea), Tae Hyung Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Byung Kun Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Ki Yong 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 plurality of dielectric layers and a plurality of internal electrodes laminated with the dielectric layers int...