ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,586,716, issued on March 24, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Multilayer ceramic capacitor including internal electrode layers with varying coverages" was invented by Akira Ishizuka (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Kenichi Togo (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a multilayer body and three or more external electrodes. A first internal electrode layer includes a first counter electrode portion, a first extension portion, and a second extension portion. The first counter electrode portion includes a first central region, a first connection region connected to the ...