ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,500,268, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to AESC Japan Ltd. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Nonaqueous electrolyte additive, nonaqueous electrolyte containing same, power storage device, and electric device" was invented by Renhe Wang (Shanghai), Le Yu (Shanghai) and Weijun Zhao (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a compound represented by formula (I), a nonaqueous electrolyte additive containing same, a nonaqueous electrolyte and a power storage device, and the use thereof for the nonaqueous electrolyte additive."

The patent was filed on Dec. 29, 2020, under Application No. 18/012,989.

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