ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,437,920, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to TAIYO YUDEN Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Multilayer ceramic capacitor" was invented by Kazunobu Takeguchi (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a ceramic body including a plurality of first and second internal electrodes alternately laminated via a plurality of ceramic layers in the direction of the first axis; and first and second external electrodes covering the end surfaces of the ceramic body, respectively, wherein the plurality of first and second internal electrodes respectively include a plurality of first and second standard internal electrodes having a commo...