ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,300,819, issued on May 13, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Negative electrode for secondary battery, and non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery" was invented by Masahiro Soga (Osaka Fu, Japan), Masaki Hasegawa (Osaka Fu, Japan) and Takahiro Fukuoka (Osaka Fu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A negative electrode for a secondary battery including a negative electrode active material capable of absorbing and releasing lithium ions. The negative electrode active material includes a first carbon material as a main component, and includes a second carbon material and a silicon-contai...