ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,731,783, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Ningde Amperex Technology Ltd. (Ningde, China).

"Negative electrode material, negative electrode plate, and electrochemical apparatus and electronic apparatus containing such negative electrode plate" was invented by Zhihuan Chen (Ningde, China) and Daoyi Jiang (Ningde, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A negative electrode material including a silicon compound SiOx, a first conductive layer, and a second conductive layer; where 0.5less than equal toxless than equal to1.5; at least part of the first conductive layer is present between the silicon compound and the second conductive layer; and...