ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,688,970, issued on July 21, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Multilayer capacitor, multilayer capacitor group, and method for manufacturing multilayer capacitor" was invented by Yukihiro Fujita (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multilayer capacitor includes a capacitor body including dielectric layers, first and second internal electrodes, and first and second main surfaces, first and second external electrodes on at least one of the first and second main surfaces, first via conductors to electrically connect the first external electrode and the first internal electrodes, and second via con...