ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,249,461, issued on March 11, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Multilayer electronic component" was invented by So Jung An (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyung Jong Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea), Yoo Jeong Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Chung Yeol Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Kwang Yeun Won (Suwon-si, South Korea), Woo Kyung Sung (Suwon-si, South Korea), Myung Jun 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 electronic component includes: a body having first and second surfaces opposing each other in a first direction, and third and four...