ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,725,795, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Positive-electrode active material for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, and non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery" was invented by Youshin Lee (Osaka, Japan), Ryuichi Natsui (Osaka, Japan), Mitsuhiro Hibino (Kyoto, Japan) and Kensuke Nakura (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This positive-electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery contains a lithium and transition metal composite oxide represented by the composition formula: LixMnyNixGeaMbO2-cFc (where, M is at least one e...