ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,374,686, issued on July 29, was assigned to NINGDE AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY Ltd. (Ningde, China).

"Electrochemical apparatus and electronic apparatus containing the electrochemical apparatus" was invented by Xiaojing Liu (Ningde, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrochemical apparatus includes a positive electrode, a separator and a negative electrode. The negative electrode includes a negative current collector, a negative active material layer and a negative tab, and the negative tab is arranged on a side edge of a long axis of the negative current collector and is in contact with the negative active material layer. The negative ac...