ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,633,454, issued on May 19, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Multilayer ceramic capacitor" was invented by Kenji Ueno (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Shinya Isota (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Yuta Oshima (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a multilayer body including an inner layer portion in which multiple inner electrode layers and multiple inner dielectric layers are stacked alternately and two outer layer portions located at the surfaces on two sides of the inner layer portion in the stacking direction, with one outer layer portion on each side, and two outer electrode...