ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,327,694, issued on June 10, was assigned to PACESETTER INC (Sylmar, Calif.).

"Method of aging an electrolytic capacitor" was invented by Pete J. Fernstrom (Pickens County, S.C.), Jason Hemphill (Sunset, S.C.), Timothy Marshall (Pickens, S.C.), Tommy T Davis (Simpsonville, S.C.) and Joseph Beauvais (Liberty, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of manufacturing an electrolytic capacitor includes impregnating an electrolytic capacitor with a first electrolyte to form a first impregnated capacitor, aging the first impregnated capacitor using a first aging process to form a first aged capacitor, impregnating the first aged capacitor ...