ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,300,441, issued on May 13, was assigned to TAIYO YUDEN Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Multilayer ceramic electronic component with glass grains in side margin" was invented by Maiko Yamane (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ceramic electronic component includes a multilayer body in which internal electrodes are stacked in a first axis direction, the multilayer body having side faces perpendicular to a second axis direction that is orthogonal to the first axis direction, ends of the internal electrodes being positioned at the side faces and aligned within a range of 0.5 micro metre in the second axis direction; and side margin portions covering ...