ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,278,367, issued on April 15, was assigned to NINGDE AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY Ltd. (Ningde, China).

"Positive electrode active material, and electrochemical apparatus and electronic apparatus using same" was invented by Liang Wang (Fujian, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A positive electrode active material, where a surface region of the positive electrode active material includes a specific content of element aluminum. The positive electrode material of this application helps to improve the impedance, cycling performance, and high-temperature storage performance of electrochemical apparatuses under high-voltage operating conditions."

The ...