ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,381,199, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) Ltd. (Hong Kong).

"Device for supplementing electrode plate with lithium and method for supplementing electrode plate with lithium" was invented by Shitong Chen (Fujian, China), Bin Xie (Fujian, China), Xinlu Fei (Fujian, China), Yongqiang Xu (Fujian, China), Yuzhe Zhang (Fujian, China) and Lin Ma (Fujian, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for supplementing an electrode plate with lithium and a method for supplementing an electrode plate with lithium. The device for supplementing an electrode plate with lithium includes a first lithium strip...