ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,776,493, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Carbon nanotube dispersion liquid for electrode slurry, negative electrode slurry, nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, and manufacturing method for carbon nanotube dispersion liquid for electrode slurry" was invented by Masanori Sugimori (Osaka, Japan), Yusuke Fukumoto (Osaka, Japan), Yuji Yokoyama (Hyogo, Japan) and Nobuhiro Hirano (Hyogo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a carbon nanotube dispersion liquid for an electrode slurry such that it is possible to inhibit a decrease in a charge-discharge cycle...