ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,308,440, issued on May 20, was assigned to Contemporary Amperex Technology (Hong Kong) Ltd. (Hong Kong).

"Electrode plate, electrochemical apparatus, and apparatus thereof" was invented by Wei Li (Ningde, China), Jing Li (Ningde, China), Qingrui Xue (Ningde, China), Zige Zhang (Ningde, China), Xianwei Yang (Ningde, China) and Yang Zhang (Ningde, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This application relates to an electrode plate, an electrochemical apparatus, and an apparatus thereof. The electrode plate in this application comprises a current collector, an electrode active material layer disposed on at least one surface of the current co...