ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,283,438, issued on April 22, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

"Electrolytic capacitor" was invented by Katsutomo Aritomi (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Wataru Onishi (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrolytic capacitor that includes: a cuboid resin molded body having a first end surface and a second end surface opposite to each other; a first external electrode on the first end surface and electrically connected to an exposed end of an anode; and a second external electrode on the second end surface and electrically connected to an exposed end of a cathode, wherein at least one of the firs...