ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,580,128, issued on March 17, was assigned to TDK Corp. (Tokyo).

"Dielectric composition and electronic component" was invented by Toshihiro Iguchi (Tokyo), Tetsuhiro Takahashi (Tokyo), Hiroki Akiba (Tokyo) and Ryota Nomura (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dielectric composition includes a main component containing tantalum and at least one of barium or strontium, and a subcomponent containing calcium and silicon."

The patent was filed on Sept. 23, 2022, under Application No. 17/951,305.

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