ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,300,785, issued on May 13, was assigned to CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) Ltd. (Hong Kong).

"Secondary battery and apparatus containing the secondary battery" was invented by Chengdu Liang (Ningde, China), Zeli Wu (Ningde, China), Peipei Chen (Ningde, China) and Chenghua Fu (Ningde, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This application provides a secondary battery and an apparatus containing the secondary battery. The secondary battery includes an electrolytic solution. The electrolytic solution includes an electrolyte salt and an organic solvent. The electrolyte salt includes lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide (LiFSI) and lit...