ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,500,564, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to TDK Corp. (Tokyo).

"Multilayer electronic component" was invented by Yuki Matsumoto (Tokyo) and Naoyuki Mori (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "First to fourth filters of an electronic component are provided in a manner that a first path from the first filter to the second filter includes a second path from the third filter to the fourth filter and is also longer than the second path in a circuit configuration. First to fourth inductors of the first to fourth filters are arranged in a manner that an opening of the first inductor and an opening of the third inductor face each other, an openin...