ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,676,264, issued on July 7, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Multilayer electronic component" was invented by Yang-Seok Park (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multilayer electronic component includes a body having a dielectric layer and internal electrodes stacked in a first direction with the dielectric layer interposed therebetween, and an external electrode disposed on the body in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and connected to the internal electrodes. The body includes an active portion including the internal electrodes to form capacitance and co...