ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,609,324, issued on April 21, was assigned to CALB Co. Ltd. (Jiangsu, China).

"Lithium-ion battery and formation method thereof" was invented by Xu Li (Changzhou, China), Chen Cao (Changzhou, China), Song Hua (Changzhou, China), Guangkuo Gao (Changzhou, China) and Dongdong Zheng (Changzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lithium-ion battery and a method of preparing the same are provided. The lithium-ion battery includes a cell and an electrolyte solution, and the cell includes a negative electrode sheet. The negative electrode sheet includes a negative electrode current collector, an active coating layer disposed on a surface of...