ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,424,375, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Coil electronic component" was invented by Yu Jong Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Jong Min Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coil electronic component includes a support substrate, a coil pattern disposed on the support substrate, an encapsulant encapsulating at least portions of the support substrate and the coil pattern, and external electrodes disposed externally on the encapsulant and connected to the coil pattern. The coil pattern includes a seed layer having a thickness of 1.5 micro metre or less and...