ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,542,246, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Electrode foil for electrolytic capacitor having improved reliability and capacity, electrolytic capacitor, and method for manufacturing electrode foil for electrolytic capacitor" was invented by Toshifumi Kadokawa (Hyogo Ken, Japan), Mitsuhisa Yoshimura (Osaka Fu, Japan), Masami Tsubaki (Kyoto Fu, Japan) and Shumpei Matsushita (Yamaguchi Ken, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrode foil for an electrolytic capacitor contains a valve metal, and includes a core portion, and a porous portion continuous with the core port...