ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,772,465, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Sumitomo Electric Device Innovations Inc. (Yokohama, Japan).

"Capacitor and method of manufacturing same" was invented by Yasuyo Yotsuda (Yokohama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A capacitor includes a substrate, a first electrode provided on the substrate, a dielectric film provided on the first electrode, a second electrode provided on the dielectric film and having an outer periphery positioned inside the outer periphery of the first electrode in a plan view viewed from above in a direction normal to an upper surface of the substrate, a third electrode that is in contact with the secon...