ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,738,423, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Multi-layer ceramic electronic component" was invented by Sungsoo Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Jaeyoung Na (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-layer ceramic electronic component includes: a ceramic body having a first surface and a second surface opposing each other in a first direction, a third surface and a fourth surface opposing each other in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and a fifth surface and a sixth surface opposing each other in a third direction perpendicular to the f...