ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,776,487, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Electrode and electrode manufacturing method" was invented by Norihiro Kotani (Osaka, Japan), Reiko Izumi (Osaka, Japan), Takayuki Gonjo (Osaka, Japan) and Hiroki Yamashita (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This electrode includes a core material, and an electrode mixture laminated on the surface of the core material. The electrode mixture contains an active material, a conductive material, and a fibrous binding material, wherein the ratio of the density of the electrode mixture to the true density of the active mat...