ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,676,316, issued on July 7, was assigned to NINGDE AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY Ltd. (Ningde, China).

"Negative electrode plate, battery cell, and battery" was invented by Meina Yao (Ningde, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A negative electrode plate includes: a negative current collector; a first negative active material layer close to the negative current collector and disposed on at least one surface of the negative current collector, where the first negative active material layer includes a first negative active material; and a second negative active material layer. The second negative active material layer includes a second negative active ...