ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,689,056, issued on July 21, was assigned to AESC JAPAN LTD. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Battery" was invented by Jiechen Lu (Kanagawa, Japan), Kenji Ohara (Kanagawa, Japan) and Naonori Matsumura (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An outer edge of a negative electrode (200) covered with a first adhesive member (410) is substantially aligned with an outer edge of a positive electrode (100) covered with the first adhesive member (410) in a direction from a stacked body (10) toward the first adhesive member (410) or a direction from the first adhesive member (410) toward the stacked body (10). Specifically, the outer edge of the negativ...