ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,444,730, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Electrode for secondary battery and method for producing the same" was invented by Shinichiro Kondo (Osaka, Japan), Reiko Izumi (Osaka, Japan), Daisuke Katou (Kyoto, Japan), Takuya Jin (Osaka, Japan), Yosuke Takayama (Osaka, Japan) and Masateru Mikami (Hyogo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This secondary battery electrode is provided with a core material configured from a metal foil that softens at less than or equal to 200deg C., and an electrode mixture sheet which is bonded on the surface of the core material. The ele...