ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,444,546, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Nippon Chemi-Con Corp. (Tokyo).

"Electrolytic capacitor and method for producing electrolytic capacitor" was invented by Kouta Fukushima (Fukushima, Japan) and Keisuke Tanabe (Fukushima, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrolytic capacitor with improved connectivity between a cathode body including a carbon layer and a lead terminal, and a production method thereof are provided. The electrolytic capacitor 1 includes an anode body 2 having a dielectric oxide film 5 on a surface thereof, a cathode body 3 having a cathode foil 31 and a carbon layer 32 formed on the cathode foil 31, elect...