ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,755,977, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to DAIKIN INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan) and DAIKIN FLUOROCHEMICALS (CHINA) Co. LTD. (Jiangsu, China).

"Electrode mixture, secondary battery, and composition" was invented by Kanako Arai (Osaka, Japan), Ryouichi Yano (Osaka, Japan), Yuki Yotsumoto (Changshu, China), Pei Qi Liu (Changshu, China) and En Hao Zhang (Changshu, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an electrode mixture including: an electrode active material; an organic solvent; a binder; and an additive; wherein the binder contains a fluorine-containing copolymer containing a vinylidene fluoride unit and a fluorinated monomer ...