ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,738,480, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery" was invented by Natsumi Goto (Hyogo, Japan), Takashi Ko (Osaka, Japan), Sho Tsuruta (Osaka, Japan), Kohei Kintsu (Osaka, Japan) and Fumiharu Niina (Hyogo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, wherein: a positive electrode active material includes a lithium transition metal composite oxide containing at least Ni, Mn, and B; 80 mol %less than equal toNiless than equal to95 mol %; 0 mol %greater thanMnless than equal to20 mol %; ...