ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,066, issued on July 14, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Coil component" was invented by Yong Min Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jae Hun Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Chang Yun Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Dae Chul Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea), Se Yeon Hwang (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Yeo Ok Jeon (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coil component includes a body having a first surface, a coil including a coil pattern having a plurality of turns, a first and second lead-out portions disposed in the body and connected to one end and the other end of the coil, respectively, a...