ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,249,466, issued on March 11, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Multilayer electronic component" was invented by Young Ghyu Ahn (Suwon-si, South Korea), Soo Hwan Son (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Young Key Kim (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 dielectric layer and an internal electrode, an external electrode disposed outside the body, and an insulating layer disposed on the external electrode. The external electrode is disposed to cover an exposed surface of an outermost surface of the electrode layer, and is formed ...