ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,476,253, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to AESC JAPAN LTD. (Zama, Japan).

"Positive electrode for lithium ion secondary battery, positive electrode sheet for lithium ion secondary battery, and method for manufacturing the same" was invented by Moeko Sato (Zama, Japan), Takeshi Saito (Zama, Japan) and Shoichiro Shiraishi (Zama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a positive electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery including a metal foil (9) (current collector), a first mixture layer (11) which is provided on one surface of the metal foil (9) and contains a positive electrode active material, and a second mixture layer (...