ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,278,374, issued on April 15, was assigned to artience Co. Ltd. (Tokyo) and TOYOCOLOR Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Carbon nanotube dispersion liquid for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, resin composition using the same, mixture slurry, electrode film, and nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery" was invented by Yu Morita (Tokyo), Hirotomo Ito (Tokyo), Yu Aotani (Tokyo) and Tetsuro Izumiya (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A carbon nanotube dispersion liquid for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery is a carbon nanotube dispersion liquid containing carbon nanotubes, a dispersant and a solvent, and is characterized in satisfying (1) t...