ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,315,681, issued on May 27, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Ceramic electronic component having a dielectric with secondary phases, method of manufacturing ceramic electronic component, and method of producing dielectric powder" was invented by Tae Yoon Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Joo Young Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Won Hyeong Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyung Sub Woo (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyung Joon Jeon (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Young Bin Jeong (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ceramic electronic component includes: a body including dielectric layers and intern...