ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,334,278, issued on June 17, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Cathode foil comprising porous metal and coating film covering the porous metal and electrolytic capacitor including the same" was invented by Mitsuhisa Yoshimura (Osaka, Japan), Miwa Ogawa (Osaka, Japan), Natsuyo Sasada (Nara, Japan) and Tatsuji Aoyama (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cathode foil for electrolytic capacitors includes a metal porous part, a metal core part that is continuous with the metal porous part, and a coating film covering the metal porous part. Pores in the metal porous part are open at a...