ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,431,486, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS INC. (Tokyo).

"Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery" was invented by Shinya Suzuki (Kobe, Japan), Keisuke Ohara (Kobe, Japan) and Ryo Hanazaki (Kobe, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprises a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte solution. The positive electrode includes a positive electrode substrate and a positive electrode active material layer. The positive electrode active material layer includes a first layer and a second layer. The second layer is interposed between the positi...