ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,700,537, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to TDK Corp. (Tokyo).

"Electronic component" was invented by Keigo Shibuya (Tokyo), Yuta Ashida (Tokyo), Misako Kudo (Tokyo), Tatsuya Koyama (Tokyo), Ryosuke Komatsu (Tokyo) and Masahiro Tatematsu (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic component includes an element body formed by laminating a plurality of insulating layers, and a resonator disposed in the element body. The resonator includes a first conductor and a second conductor extending in a stacking direction of the plurality of insulating layers, and inductor conductors electrically connecting the first conductor and the second c...