ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,738,404, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to TDK Corp. (Tokyo).

"Multilayer coil component" was invented by Munehiro Takaku (Tokyo), Nobuyuki Okuzawa (Tokyo), Kazuya Tobita (Tokyo) and Teruhiro Mitsuyasu (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a multilayer coil component in which a position of a boundary between a first portion and a third portion in a second wiring portion located closer to a side surface is located closer to an end surface in a first direction than a position of a boundary between a first portion and a third portion in a second wiring portion located closer to a side surface, and a position of a boundary bet...