ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,706,248, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Multilayer ceramic electronic component and method for producing multilayer ceramic electronic component" was invented by Daisuke Hamada (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes a multilayer body including a plurality of insulator layers including ceramic, and a plurality of inner electrode layers. An aspect ratio of a metal particle of the inner electrode layers is about 1.8 or greater."

The patent was filed on Jan. 5, 2024, under Application No. 18/404,937.

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