ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,603,233, issued on April 14, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

"Capacitor having a porous layer including a void containing at least part of a through-hole conductor" was invented by Akitomo Takahashi (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A capacitor that includes: a capacitor layer including a capacitor part, the capacitor part having a first through-hole extending through the capacitor part in the thickness direction and defining an inner wall surface, the capacitor part including: an anode plate including a core part and a porous layer, a dielectric layer, and a cathode layer; and a first ...