ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,322,549, issued on June 3, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Capacitor component and paste for external electrode" was invented by Dae Woo Yoon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Su Jin Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Da Mi Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Bum Suk Kang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Seong Han Park (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Jeong Ryeol Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A capacitor component includes a body, including a dielectric layer and an internal electrode layer, and an external electrode disposed on one surface of the body. The external electrode includes a conductive bas...