ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,267, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Multilayered capacitor" was invented by Jihye Han (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hong Je Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea), Byungwoo Kang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyejin Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Suyun Yun (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sangwook Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Jungmin Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a multilayered capacitor that includes a capacitor body including a dielectric layer and an internal electrode, and an external electrode outside the capacitor body, wherein the external electrode...