ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,776,454, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Electrochemical device with high capacity and high durability" was invented by Kenichi Nagamitsu (Kyoto, Japan) and Nobuhiro Shimamura (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrochemical device includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte having lithium ion conductivity. The positive electrode includes a positive current collector and a positive electrode mixture layer supported on the positive current collector. The positive electrode mixture layer contains a positive electrode active ma...