ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,700,534, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Kyoto-fu, Japan).

"Inductor component and manufacturing method thereof" was invented by Yoshimasa Yoshioka (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Ryo Kudou (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inductor component comprising a base body including first and second magnetic layers laminated in order along a first direction; and an inductor wire between the first and second magnetic layers and on a plane that is orthogonal to the first direction. The first magnetic layer is in a reverse direction to the first direction of the inductor wire, the second magnetic layer is ...