ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,469,647, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan) and SANYO CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Electrolytic capacitor" was invented by Kazuyo Saito (Osaka Fu, Japan), Yuichiro Tsubaki (Kyoto Fu, Japan), Tatsuji Aoyama (Kyoto Fu, Japan) and Kengo Uchihashi (Kyoto Fu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrolytic capacitor includes a capacitor element, and a liquid component. The capacitor element includes an anode body having a dielectric layer at a surface of the anode body, and a conductive polymer component covering part of the dielectric layer. The liquid compo...