ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,738,527, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co. Ltd. (Atsugi, Japan).

"Method for fabricating secondary battery" was invented by Shuhei Yoshitomi (Ayase, Japan) and Tetsuji Ishitani (Atsugi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "At least part of a fabrication process of a secondary battery is automated. A highly reliable secondary battery is provided. The secondary battery is fabricated by placing a first electrode over a first exterior body; placing a separator over the first electrode; placing a second electrode over the separator; dripping an electrolyte on at least one of the first electrode, the sepa...