ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,400,802, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Electrolytic capacitor" was invented by Kei Hirota (Okayama, Japan), Keita Uenaka (Osaka, Japan), Yukihiro Shimasaki (Hyogo, Japan) and Hiroki Imamura (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrolytic capacitor includes a capacitor element. The capacitor element includes an anode body, a dielectric layer that covers at least a part of the anode body, a solid electrolyte layer that covers at least a part of the dielectric layer, and a cathode lead-out layer that covers a part of the solid electrolyte layer. The catho...