ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,347,847, issued on July 1, was assigned to PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS INC. (Tokyo).

"Secondary battery electrode and method for producing the electrode" was invented by Haruka Shionoya (Toyota, Japan), Katsushi Enokihara (Toyota, Japan), Naohiro Mashimo (Toyota, Japan), Masanori Kitayoshi (Toyota, Japan), Shuhei Takeshita (Nagakute, Japan) and Aiko Nagano (Nisshin, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The method for producing a secondary battery electrode disclosed here includes steps of: preparing a moisture powder formed by aggregated particles that contain electrode active material particles, a binder resin, and solvent, wherein a...