ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,725,845, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Contemporary Amperex Technology (Hong Kong) Ltd. (Hong Kong).

"Battery apparatus, energy storage apparatus, energy storage system, electric apparatus, and charging network" was invented by Ou Qian (Ningde, China), Yao Li (Ningde, China) and Jiajin Cai (Ningde, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are a battery apparatus, an energy storage apparatus, an energy storage system, an electric apparatus, and a charging network. The battery apparatus includes an energy unit and a sampling assembly. The energy unit includes a pouch battery cell and a conductive casing, an accommodating space i...