ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,347,855, issued on July 1, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Negative electrode active material for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries, and nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery" was invented by Yukihiro Oki (Osaka, Japan) and Masahisa Fujimoto (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to the present invention is provided with a negative electrode, a positive electrode and a nonaqueous electrolyte. A negative electrode active material contained in the negative electrode contains a zinc manganese alloy containing Zn, Mn and...