US Patent Issued to PANASONIC HOLDINGS, PANASONIC ENERGY on March 18 for "Positive electrode active material for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries, and nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,255,329, issued on March 18, was assigned to PANASONIC HOLDINGS Corp. (Osaka, Japan) and PANASONIC ENERGY Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Positive electrode active material for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries, and nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery" was invented by Katsuya Inoue (Hyogo, Japan), Takeshi Ogasawara (Osaka, Japan), Yoshinori Aoki (Osaka, Japan) and Shun Nomura (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This positive electrode active material for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries comprises a lithium-transition metal composite oxide and a surface modification layer. The lithium transition metal composite...