ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,770,763, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

"Electronic component" was invented by Tomoya Ooshima (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Yuuta Hoshino (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Koichi Yamada (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Miki Sasaki (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic component that includes: a base body; and an insulating film covering an outer surface of the base body. The insulating film includes the film main body and a plurality of the thick film portions. A material of the film main body includes a glass. A material of the thick film portion is the same as the glass of the film main...