ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,706,249, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Mutilayer ceramic capacitor" was invented by Makoto Nishikori (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a first counter portion including first and second regions, and a first middle region located between the first and second regions and including coverage higher than coverages thereof, a second counter portion including third and fourth regions, and a second middle region located between the third and fourth regions and including coverage higher than coverage thereof. A thickness of each of the firs...