ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,744,158, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Multilayer ceramic capacitor including internal electrode layers including first, second, and third regions including different coverages" was invented by Yasuyuki Shimada (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 that are laminated, first and second main surfaces opposed to each other in a lamination direction, first and second lateral surfaces opposed to each other in a width direction orthogonal or substantially orthogona...