ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,362,103, issued on July 15, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Electrolytic capacitor" was invented by Takehiro Kobayashi (Osaka Fu, Japan), Hiroyuki Arima (Osaka Fu, Japan) and Yasuhiro Nishimura (Hyogo Ken, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A disclosed electrolytic capacitor includes a capacitor element. The capacitor element includes an anode body, a dielectric layer formed on a surface of the anode body, a cathode body, and a electrolyte layer and a separator that are disposed between the dielectric layer and the cathode body. The electrolyte layer includes a non-aqueous solvent, c...