ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,334,504, issued on June 17, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery" was invented by Satoshi Nishitani (Osaka Fu, Japan) and Masaki Deguchi (Hyogo Ken, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The positive electrode includes a positive electrode material including particles of a composite oxide containing lithium and a metal Me other than lithium, and a tungsten compound attached to a surface of the particles. The metal Me contains a...