ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,755,982, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to SANYO Electric Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).

"Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery" was invented by Akihiro Tabushi (Hyogo, Japan) and Yuu Takanashi (Hyogo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery has: an electrode body formed by winding, in a flat shape, a positive electrode and a negative electrode with a separator interposed therebetween; and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The positive electrode has a positive electrode mixture layer containing a positive electrode active material. In the positive electrode mixture layer, 0.10-0.30 mass % of ceramic part...