ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,784,995, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to TDK Electronics AG (Munich).

"Hybrid polymer capacitor" was invented by Laszlo Dobai (Szeleste, Hungary), Giuseppe Scaduto (Rozzano, Italy) and Henrietta Rauchne Kocsis (Taplanszentkereszt, Hungary).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hybrid polymer capacitor includes an anode layer, a cathode layer, a plurality of layers stacked between the anode layer and the cathode layer, and a liquid electrolyte. The plurality of layers includes: (i) a not hydrated metal oxide layer having a thickness of at least 100 nm in a stacking direction, and (ii) a hydrated metal oxide layer arranged on a surface of the n...