ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,469,644, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Multilayer ceramic capacitor and bump-producing paste" was invented by Kota Zenzai (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a multilayer body including dielectric layers and internal electrode layers, outer electrode layers on end surfaces of the multilayer body at opposite ends in a longitudinal direction and covering end surface sides of each of principal surfaces of the multilayer body at opposite ends in a laminating direction and end surface sides of each of side surfaces at opposite ends in a w...