ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,340,954, issued on June 24, was assigned to NIPPON CHEMI-CON Corp. (Japan).

"Electrode body, electrolytic capacitor provided with electrode body, and method for producing electrode body" was invented by Kazuya Koseki (Kanagawa, Japan), Kazuma Okura (Kanagawa, Japan), Kazuhiro Nagahara (Tokyo) and Kenji Machida (Ibaraki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an electrode body that exhibits a good cathode side capacitance, and an electrolytic capacitor provided with this electrode body. The electrode body used for a cathode of the electrolytic capacitor has a cathode foil and a carbon layer. The cathode foil is made of a valve a...