ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,469,842, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to NINGDE AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY Ltd. (Ningde, China).

"Negative electrode material, negative electrode plate, electrochemical apparatus, and electronic apparatus" was invented by Chao Wang (Ningde, China), Ting Zhang (Ningde, China), Daoyi Jiang (Ningde, China) and Hang Cui (Ningde, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A negative electrode material includes a composite of a silicon-based material (1), a polymer (2), and carbon nanotubes (3), where the polymer (2) contains a first group and a second group, the first group is chemically bonded to the carbon nanotubes (3), and the second group is chemic...