ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,079, issued on July 14, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Multilayer ceramic capacitor" was invented by Kotaro Kishi (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a multilayer ceramic capacitor, when a dimension in a length direction between first and second end surfaces of a multilayer body is l, a dimension in a width direction between first and second lateral surfaces of the multilayer body is w, and a dimension in a height direction between first and second main surfaces of the multilayer body is t, wless thanlless thant, and a dimension in the length direction of each of fourth and fifth surfa...