ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,671,031, issued on June 30, 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 defining a length in the length direction between a first and a second end surface of a multilayer body as l, defining a length in the width direction between a first and a second lateral surface of the multilayer body as w, and defining a length in the height direction between a first and a second main surface of the multilayer body as t, a dimensional relationship of wless thanlless thant is satisfie...