ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,548,759, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to TeraWatt Technology K.K. (Tokyo).

"Battery and method for producing same" was invented by Hiroshi Imoto (Yokohama, Japan) and Ken Ogata (Yokohama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery is provided that has excellent energy density and excellent cycle characteristics early in the cycle. The battery in one aspect of the present invention comprises: a positive electrode; a negative electrode free of a negative electrode active material; a separator that is disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; and a carbon layer that is disposed between the separator and the ...