ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,322,552, issued on June 3, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Multilayer capacitor including a rare earth element and zirconium" was invented by Je Hee Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Seung In Baik (Suwon-si, South Korea), Ji Su Hong (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jae Sung Park (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Jong Ho Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multilayer capacitor is provided. The multilayer capacitor includes a body and an external electrode disposed outside the body, wherein the body includes an active portion including a plurality of dielectric layers and a plurality of inte...