ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,651,704, issued on June 9, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Multilayer electronic component" was invented by Kyung Ryul Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Ki Myoung Yun (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Chan Hee Nam (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multilayer electronic component, may include a body including a dielectric layer and an internal electrode; and an external electrode disposed on the body, wherein the dielectric layer may include a plurality of dielectric grains, at least one of the plurality of dielectric grains may have a core-shell structure including a core portion and...