ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,381,229, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Lithium secondary battery including porous films laminated on a negative electrode current collector" was invented by Tomohiro Harada (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lithium secondary battery, including: a positive electrode; a negative electrode; a non-aqueous electrolyte having lithium ion conductivity; and a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The positive electrode includes a positive electrode mixture layer containing a positive electrode active material, and a posi...