ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,580,134, issued on March 17, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

"Electrolytic capacitor element having a doped solid electrolyte layer" was invented by Yasuo Tanaka (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Keiji Yoshida (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrolytic capacitor element that includes: an anode having a front end face and a base end face; a dielectric layer on at least one main face of the anode but excluding the base end face; a mask layer on the dielectric layer adjacent the base end face; and a cathode on the dielectric layer on the front end face side from the mask layer, wherein the ca...