ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,671,038, issued on June 30, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

"Integrated capacitor and method of manufacturing integrated capacitor" was invented by Tomohiko Sato (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Mariko Takahashi (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An integrated capacitor that includes a plurality of capacitor elements, each of which has one of first internal electrodes and one of second internal electrodes; an exterior body accommodating the plurality of capacitor elements; a plurality of first external electrode layers on an outer surface of the exterior body and electrically connected to the firs...