ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,609,308, issued on April 21, was assigned to CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) Ltd. (Hong Kong).

"Lithium-ion secondary battery, battery module, battery pack, and electric apparatus" was invented by Cuiping Zhang (Ningde City, China) and Changlong Han (Ningde City, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This application relates to a lithium-ion secondary battery. A positive electrode plate of the lithium-ion secondary battery includes a positive electrode active substance LiNixCoyNzM1-x-y-zO2, with N selected from Mn and Al, and M selected from any one of Co, Ni, Mn, Mg, Cu, Zn, Al, Sn, B, Ga, Cr, Sr, V, and Ti, where 0.5less th...