ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,731,735, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Ceramic electronic component including bonding layer between body and sintered external electrode" was invented by Bum Suk Kang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Su Jin Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Dae Woo Yoon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Da Mi Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Jeong Ryeol Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ceramic electronic component includes a body including a dielectric layer and an internal electrode; an external electrode disposed on the body; and a bonding layer disposed between the body and the exte...