ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,334,270, issued on June 17, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Multilayer electronic component containing coating layers having an island region" was invented by Sung Min Cho (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jang Yeol Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Ho Phil Jung (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 plurality of internal electrodes and a dielectric layer interposed between the plurality of internal electrodes; external electrodes disposed on the body, connected to the plurality of internal electrodes, and including electrode la...