ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,725,801, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS INC. (Tokyo).

"Negative electrode active material, negative electrode using the negative electrode active material and method for manufacturing negative electrode active material" was invented by Kento Hosoe (Miyoshi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A negative electrode active material for a lithium ion secondary battery includes a graphite particle coated on the surface with an amorphous carbon and an insulating inorganic particle. The graphite particle has a pore of 1 micro metre or less. The insulating inorganic particle has an average particle diameter (...