ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,476,052, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to KYOCERA AVX Components Corp. (Fountain Inn, S.C.).

"Delamination-resistant solid electrolytic capacitor" was invented by Jiri Navratil (Veseli nad Moravous, Czech Republic), Lotfi Dejbara (Paris), Martin Biler (Lanskroun, Czech Republic) and Jan Petrzilek (Usta nad Orlici, Czech Republic).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solid electrolytic capacitor comprising a capacitor element, anode lead extending from a surface of the capacitor element, an anode termination that is in electrical connection with the anode lead, a cathode termination that is in electrical connection with the solid electrolyte...