ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,784,988, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Multilayer ceramic capacitor" was invented by Kazuhiro Nishibayashi (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Yuki Koyama (Nagaokakyo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a multilayer ceramic capacitor, a dimension of each of first and second extension portions in a width direction is less than a dimension of a first counter electrode portion in the width direction, and a dimension from a side of each of the first and second extension portions near a first lateral surface to the first lateral surface in the width direction and a dimension from a side of each of th...