ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,260,983, issued on March 25, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Coil component" was invented by Yong Hui Li (Suwon-si, South Korea), Byung Soo Kang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Ju Hwan Yang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Seung Min Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Yoon Mi Cha (Suwon-si, South Korea), Boum Seock Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Byeong Cheol Moon (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coil component is disposed. The coil component according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: a body; a coil portion disposed in the body; an external electrode portion including a first...