ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,562,385, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Positive electrode active material and magnesium secondary battery" was invented by Go Tei (Osaka, Japan), Takashi Oto (Osaka, Japan) and Tomofumi Hamamura (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A positive electrode active material contains a composite sulfide containing Mg and at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Ni, Cu, Zr, Nb, Mo, Ta, and W. The positive electrode active material has a crystal structure belonging to space group Fm-3m."

The patent was filed on April 19, 2022...