US Patent Issued to MURATA MANUFACTURING on Aug. 25 for "Multilayer ceramic capacitor including extended dielectric portion" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,718,985, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Multilayer ceramic capacitor including extended dielectric portion" was invented by Junichi Kawasaki (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a multilayer body, and first and second external electrodes. The multilayer body further includes an extended dielectric portion extending from at least one of a first side margin portion and a second side margin portion to cover only a portion of an inner layer portion at at least one of a first end surface and a second end surface."

The patent was filed on J...