ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,406,807, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Multilayer ceramic capacitor" was invented by Natsuko Okubo (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Akito Mori (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Kazuhisa Uchida (Nagaokakyo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a multilayer body including dielectric layers and internal electrode layers, and external electrodes. The multilayer body includes side margin portions made of a dielectric. In the internal electrode layers, a width of an extension electrode portion is smaller than a width of a counter electrode portion. The side margin portions e...