ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,161, issued on July 14, was assigned to BYD Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).

"Lithium-ion battery" was invented by Na Chen (Shenzhen, China), Rong Hao (Shenzhen, China) and Yi Pan (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a lithium-ion battery, including a positive electrode plate, a separator, and a negative electrode plate. The separator is arranged between the positive electrode plate and the negative electrode plate. The positive electrode plate includes a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode active layer laminated in sequence. A positive electrode active material in the positive electrode ac...