ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,555,793, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Electrode for secondary batteries and method for producing same" was invented by Takuya Jin (Osaka, Japan), Daisuke Katou (Kyoto, Japan), Shinichiro Kondo (Osaka, Japan), Reiko Izumi (Osaka, Japan) and Masaya Ugaji (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This electrode for secondary batteries is provided with a core material and an electrode mixture sheet that is bonded to the surface of the core material. The electrode mixture sheet contains an active material, a fibrous first binder and a particulate second binder; and ...