ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,340,953, issued on June 24, was assigned to TOKIN Corp. (Shiroishi, Japan).

"Solid electrolytic capacitor and method for manufacturing solid electrolytic capacitor with improved anode lead-out wire" was invented by Kenji Araki (Sendai, Japan) and Akihiro Kawai (Sendai, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solid electrolytic capacitor capable of improving manufacturing yield is provided. A solid electrolytic capacitor according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes an anode lead-out wire and a capacitor element in which the anode lead-out wire is embedded. The cross section of at least a part of the anode lead-out wire in a d...