US Patent Issued to MURATA MANUFACTURING on May 19 for "Electronic component, method for manufacturing electronic component, and traceability system" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,632,684, issued on May 19, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

"Electronic component, method for manufacturing electronic component, and traceability system" was invented by Keijiro Kojima (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Chiaki Yamamoto (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Seika Oho (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic component including an element body and external electrodes provided on the element body, in which metal particles having a particle radius of 10 nm or more and 1000 nm or less are disposed on the element body so as to form a code."

The patent was filed on Jan. 31, 2025, under Application ...