ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,662, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to National University Corporation Hokkaido University (Sapporo, Japan) and Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

"Sintered body, method for producing same, and dielectric composition" was invented by Yuji Masubuchi (Sapporo, Japan), Akira Hosono (Sapporo, Japan), Shinichi Kikkawa (Suita, Japan) and Masashi Inoguchi (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sintered body containing polycrystalline grains of a metal oxynitride containing at least two metal elements, wherein Ba and at least one metal element of a crystal phase of the sintered body are contained in a triple poin...