ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,609,301, issued on April 21, was assigned to ZHUHAI COSMX BATTERY Co. LTD. (Zhuhai, China).

"Negative electrode plate and lithium ion battery comprising negative electrode plate" was invented by Weiping Chen (Zhuhai, China), Suli Li (Zhuhai, China), Panlong Guo (Zhuhai, China), Lin Chu (Zhuhai, China), Junyi Li (Zhuhai, China) and Yanming Xu (Zhuhai, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are a negative electrode plate and a battery. A first negative active material layer is disposed at a bottom layer, and includes a first binder resistant to electrolyte swelling, has a better chemical corrosion resistance, and is not easy to ag...