US Patent Issued to SUMITOMO METAL MINING on April 22 for "Thick film resistor paste, thick film resistor, and electronic component" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,283,408, issued on April 22, was assigned to SUMITOMO METAL MINING Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Thick film resistor paste, thick film resistor, and electronic component" was invented by Masaki Ando (Ome, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To provide a thick film resistor paste for a resistor having a smaller resistance change rate and excellent surge resistance, a thick film resistor using the thick film resistor paste, and an electronic component provided with the thick film resistor. A thick film resistor paste comprises a lead-ruthenate-containing glass powder and an organic vehicle, the lead-ruthenate-containing glass powder comprises 10 to 7...