ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,770,878, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY Co. Ltd. (Ningde, China).

"Lithium-ion secondary battery, battery apparatus, electric apparatus, preparation method for positive electrode active material, and preparation method for positive electrode plate" was invented by Xiaojing Li (Ningde, China), Hongyu Liu (Ningde, China), Yingxi Lin (Ningde, China), Changfeng Bie (Ningde, Fiji), Siyuan He (Ningde, China), Xiaoyang Jia (Ningde, China), Huan Ni (Ningde, China) and Na Liu (Ningde, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a lithium-ion secondary battery, a battery apparatus, an electric...