ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,651,705, issued on June 9, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

"Capacitor" was invented by Akio Masunari (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Sachiko Hayashi (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Naoki Iwaji (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A capacitor that includes an insulating substrate; a capacitance forming portion including a metal porous body, a dielectric film, and a conductive film; and a sealing portion that seals the capacitance forming portion. The capacitance forming portion is on a first main surface of the insulating substrate. A first external connection line including a first via conductor penetrating th...