ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,785,074, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to PANASONIC ENERGY Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery" was invented by Nobuhiro Sakitani (Osaka, Japan) and Tomoki Ikeda (Tokushima, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery is characterized by comprising an electrode body in which a positive electrode and a negative electrode face each other with a separator therebetween, and a battery case that accommodates the electrode body, wherein: the positive electrode has a positive electrode mixture layer containing a positive electrode active material; and when the non-aqueous elect...