ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,731,779, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS INC. (Tokyo).

"Negative electrode and nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery including the same" was invented by Yuki Morikawa (Kobe, Japan) and Akira Tsujiko (Kobe, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The negative electrode disclosed herein includes: a negative electrode current collector; and a negative electrode active material layer formed on the surface of the negative electrode current collector. The negative electrode active material layer contains silicon oxide containing at least one alkali earth metal. The negative electrode active material layer inc...