ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,542,241, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Capacitor and manufacturing method thereof" was invented by Takafumi Okudo (Osaka, Japan) and Hiroki Takeoka (Nara, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A capacitor includes a capacitor element and a protection film. The capacitor element includes a first end-face electrode, a second end-face electrode, and an outer peripheral surface. The second end-face electrode exists on the opposite side of the first end-face electrode. The outer peripheral surface exists between the first end-face electrode and the second end-face electrod...