ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,725,734, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Saras Micro Devices Inc. (Chandler, Ariz.).

"Method of making a capacitor" was invented by Courtney Timms (Atlanta) and Jose Solis Martinez (Atlanta).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A capacitor includes a conductive substrate having a front side and a back side, a pre-drilled via that runs from the front side of the conductive substrate to the back side of the conductive substrate, a dielectric layer on the conductive substrate, a conductive polymer layer on the dielectric layer, a first metal contact electrically connected to the conductive substrate, and a second metal contact electrically isol...