ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,784,976, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Electronic component and mounting method and mounting structure thereof" was invented by Chiaki Yamamoto (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Yasushi Yoshida (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic component includes a base body including internal electrodes embedded therein, first and second main surfaces opposed to each other in a thickness direction, first and second lateral surfaces opposed to each other in a width direction, and first and second end surfaces opposed to each other in a length direction, and a pair of external electrode...