ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,731,728, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Inductor component" was invented by Kwang Il Park (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inductor component includes a body including a first surface and a second surface opposing each other in a first direction, and a third surface and a fourth surface connected to the first surface and the second surface and opposing each other in a second direction, a first conductor disposed in the body and extending in the first direction, a second conductor disposed adjacent to the first conductor in the body and extending in t...