ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,555,825, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery" was invented by Takao Sato (Kanagawa Ken, Japan), Makoto Akutsu (Osaka Fu, Japan) and Yuko Ogawa (Osaka Fu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a positive electrode including a positive electrode active material, a separator, a negative electrode facing the positive electrode with the separator interposed therebetween, and a non-aqueous liquid electrolyte, wherein the non-aqueous liquid electrolyte includes a non-aqueous solvent, a...