ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,776,430, issued on Oct. 27, 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 having an outer surface defining a recess with an inner surface, wherein, when the recess is viewed in a direction orthogonal to the outer surface, at least a part of an outer edge of the recess is curved, and when the recess is viewed in a section orthogonal to the outer surface, at leas...