ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,633,531, issued on May 19, was assigned to PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS INC. (Tokyo).

"Positive electrode and nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery using the same" was invented by Akihiro Tabushi (Kasai, Japan), Takatoshi Higuchi (Kakogawa, Japan) and Masaya Saito (Kasai, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a positive electrode that can provide a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery with high gas generation suppressing performance during storage and high cycle characteristics. The positive electrode disclosed here includes a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode active material layer supporte...