ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,308,150, issued on May 20, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Coil electronic component and method of manufacturing the same" was invented by Woon Chul Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jung Hyuk Jung (Suwon-si, South Korea), Woo Jin Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Han Wool Ryu (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coil electronic component includes a magnetic body that includes a substrate and a coil part. The coil part includes patterned insulating films disposed on a surface of the substrate and a plating layer formed between the patterned insulating films by plating and having a...