ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,592,342, issued on March 31, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Multilayer electronic component" was invented by Jin Yeop Yoo (Suwon-si, South Korea), Young Hoon Song (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Dong Ju Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multilayer electronic component includes: a body including a dielectric layer and an internal electrode alternately disposed with the dielectric layer; and an external electrode disposed on the body, in which the body includes a capacitance formation portion and margin portions disposed on both surfaces of the capacitance formation porti...