ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,738,418, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Multilayer ceramic capacitor" was invented by Hiroaki Sugita (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a multilayer body, first internal electrode layers exposed at a first end surface of the multilayer body, and second internal electrode layers exposed at a second end surface of the multilayer body. The first internal electrode layers are exposed at a first lateral surface and a second lateral surface of the multilayer body. The second internal electrode layers are exposed at the first lateral surf...