ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,334,264, issued on June 17, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Multilayer ceramic electronic component" was invented by Du Won Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea), Ji Hong Jo (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Seok Kyoon Woo (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes: a ceramic body including dielectric layers and a plurality of first and second internal electrodes disposed on the dielectric layers to face each other with each of the dielectric layers interposed therebetween; and first and second external electrodes disposed on external surfaces of ...