ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,308,169, issued on May 20, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Multilayer ceramic electronic component" was invented by Eun Yong Jang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Seung Yeon Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Eun Chae Park (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Byung Chul Jang (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes a body including a dielectric layer and a plurality of internal electrodes stacked with the dielectric layer interposed therebetween, the plurality of internal electrodes including indium (In) and tin (Sn), and an external electrode disposed ...