ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,424,390, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Electrolytic capacitor and method for producing same" was invented by Shinji Kondou (Kanagawa Ken, Japan), Kazuya Yamasaki (Kyoto Fu, Japan), Takashi Kawasaki (Osaka Fu, Japan), Koji Yokoyama (Miyagi Ken, Japan), Hitoshi Ishimoto (Hyogo Ken, Japan), Yoshihisa Nagasaki (Osaka Fu, Japan) and Yuji Miyachi (Saga Ken, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrolytic capacitor includes an anode body, a dielectric layer that covers the anode body, a first solid electrolyte layer that covers the dielectric layer, and a second so...