ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,725,804, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Lithium ion secondary battery negative electrode additive and negative electrode paste and battery including same" was invented by Yan Zhou (Shanghai), Li Wang (Shanghai) and Yuli Li (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lithium ion secondary battery negative electrode additive includes polyaspartate salt and water."

The patent was filed on March 24, 2023, under Application No. 18/125,787.

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