ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,255,325, issued on March 18, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Positive electrode active material for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries, and nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery" was invented by Motoharu Saitou (Hyogo, Japan) and Takeshi Ogasawara (Hyogo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A positive electrode active material for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries which allows the capacity of nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries to be increased and offers a smaller decrease in charge discharge cycle characteristics, and to provide a nonaqueous electrolyte se...