ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,749,718, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Negative electrode active material for aqueous secondary batteries, negative electrode for aqueous secondary batteries, and aqueous secondary battery" was invented by Kenji Matsubara (Osaka, Japan) and Masanobu Takeuchi (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A negative electrode active material for aqueous secondary batteries, said negative electrode active material being applied to an aqueous secondary battery that uses an aqueous electrolyte solution containing water and a lithium salt, wherein: the negative electrod...