ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,646,722, issued on June 2, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Positive electrode for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries, and nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery" was invented by Katsuya Inoue (Hyogo, Japan), Takeshi Ogasawara (Osaka, Japan), Yoshinori Aoki (Osaka, Japan) and Youichirou Uka (Hyogo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A positive electrode for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries according to the present invention is provided with a positive electrode collector and a positive electrode mixture layer that is formed on the surface of the positive electrode c...