ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,731,722, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Coil component" was invented by Chan Yoon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Dong Hwan Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Dong Jin Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Boum Seock Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coil component includes a body including a first surface and a second surface disposed to oppose each other in a first direction, a first coil unit disposed in the body, and including a support member and a coil pattern disposed on at least one surface of the support member, a second coil unit disposed in the body, and i...