ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,718,989, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Tantalum capacitor" was invented by Boum Seock Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Chin Mo Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Kang Wook Bong (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jin Young Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Seong Jun Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sung Yong An (Suwon-si, South Korea), Joung Hee Cho (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Yu Jin Ham (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tantalum capacitor includes a tantalum body including a tantalum element, a conductive polymer layer disposed on the tantalum element, and a tantalum wire penetr...