ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,592,387, issued on March 31, was assigned to SANYO Electric Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).

"Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery" was invented by Na Wang (Hyogo, Japan), Daisuke Ikeda (Hyogo, Japan) and Kentaro Takahashi (Hyogo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery is provided with: an electrode body that has a positive electrode and a negative electrode; and an outer package in which the electrode body is accommodated. The negative electrode comprises a negative electrode core body and a negative electrode mixture layer formed on the surface of the negative electrode core body. The negative...