ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,400,798, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Electrolytic capacitor having improved leakage current suppression" was invented by Toru Tanaka (Kumamoto, Japan), Takashi Sato (Osaka, Japan), Hayato Kato (Kumamoto, Japan) and Kazuhito Odane (Saga, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrolytic capacitor including a porous sintered body formed by a mold. The electrolytic capacitor element including the porous sintered body having a first surface, a second surface opposed to the first surface, a third surface and a fourth surface that are opposed to each other and inter...