ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,555,783, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Negative electrode for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries, and nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery" was invented by Shunsuke Nambuya (Osaka, Japan), Norihisa Yamamoto (Osaka, Japan) and Masahiro Soga (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This negative electrode for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries is provided with a negative electrode mixture layer that contains a negative electrode active material and carbon nanotubes. The negative electrode active material contains a first negative electrode act...