ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,784,975, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Multilayer ceramic capacitor and mounting structure for multilayer ceramic, the mounting structure including substantially h-shaped pillars" was invented by Tomoki Kitagawa (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Tatsunori Yasuda (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a capacitor body and an interposer. The capacitor body includes first and second external electrodes. The interposer includes an interposer body and first and second pillars. The interposer body includes an interposer-body first main surface adjacent t...