ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,725,831, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Non-aqueous secondary cell and non-aqueous electrolyte used in same" was invented by Takao Sato (Kanagawa Ken, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A non-aqueous electrolyte for a non-aqueous secondary battery includes a non-aqueous solvent, an electrolyte salt, an isocyanate compound, and a nitrile compound having two or more nitrile groups, in which a content CNCO of the isocyanate compound is higher on a mass basis than a content CCN of the nitrile compound."

The patent was filed on Aug. 5, 2021, under Application No. 18/0...