ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,651,706, issued on June 9, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Multilayer ceramic capacitor and method of manufacturing the same" was invented by Yoonbin Ko (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes: a capacitor body including dielectric layers, and first and second internal electrodes alternately disposed in the first direction with the dielectric layers interposed therebetween; and external electrodes including base electrodes disposed on outer sides of the capacitor body and connected to the first and the second internal electrodes, and conduct...