ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,603,232, issued on April 14, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

"Capacitor including a capacitance forming part having a metal porous body, a dielectric film, and a conductive film" was invented by Haruki Kobayashi (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Akio Masunari (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A capacitor that includes: an insulating substrate having a first main surface and a second main surface; a capacitance forming part facing the first main surface, the capacitance forming part having a conductive metal porous body, a dielectric film covering a surface of the metal porous body, and a conducti...