ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,779, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).

"Electrolyte solution production device" was invented by Osamu Imahori (Shiga, Japan), Kenichiro Inagaki (Shiga, Japan) and Tomohiro Yamaguchi (Shiga, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrolyte solution production device includes an electrolysis unit and a housing in which the electrolysis unit is disposed. The electrolysis unit is configured to electrolyze a liquid, and includes a stacked body having a cathode, an anode, and a conductive film between the cathode and the anode, the cathode and the anode constituting el...